{"id":266999,"date":"2026-02-04T10:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T10:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/266999\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T10:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T10:24:12","slug":"josh-damaro-named-new-disney-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/266999\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh D&#8217;Amaro named new Disney CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But in 2022, Disney reinstated Iger to replace Chapek, who,at the time, was facing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcamag.com\/us\/specialization\/employment-law\/i-let-you-down-disney-ceo-apologises-for-silence-on-dont-say-gay-bill\/398711\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">variety of issues surrounding his leadership<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The board has concluded that as Disney embarks on an increasingly complex period of industry transformation, Bob Iger is uniquely situated to lead the company through this pivotal period,&#8221; said Susan Arnold, former board chairman, in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>On D&#8217;Amaro&#8217;s appointment, Iger said that he is the &#8220;right person&#8221; for the job.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has an instinctive appreciation of the Disney brand, and a deep understanding of what resonates with our audiences, paired with the rigor and attention to detail required to deliver some of our most ambitious projects,&#8221; Iger said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His ability to combine creativity with operational excellence is exemplary and I am thrilled for Josh and the company.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"But in 2022, Disney reinstated Iger to replace Chapek, who,at the time, was facing a variety of issues&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2398,1144,111,43,139,69,32369],"class_list":["post-266999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-disney","tag-human-resources","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-succession-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}