Disney promotes Tom Staggs to COO of Walt Disney Company

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Disney has promoted Thomas O. Staggs to Chief Operating Officer of The Walt Disney Company, Robert A. Iger, chairman and chief executive officer of the company said.

A 25-year Disney veteran, Staggs is Chairman, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, he will continue to oversee the parks until a successor is announced and will take over the role of COO immediately.

“Tom is an incredibly experienced, talented and versatile executive who has led Parks and Resorts during a time of unprecedented growth and expansion, including the construction of Shanghai Disney Resort. His proven ability to lead a business as well as his successful tenure as Disney’s former CFO make him an ideal Chief Operating Officer, expanding his portfolio into all the company’s businesses,” Iger said in a news release.

Staggs has led the 130,000 cast member Parks and Resorts’ team since 2010. He has overseen the development of Shanghai Disney Resort and the new Avatar area of Animal Kingdom at Disney World, opened Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, in Hawai‘i; added three new lands at Hong Kong Disneyland.