A former Disneyland resort president and a competitor to replace Bob Iger as CEO has been "ejected" of Disney's executive suite amidst 7,000 job cuts at the Burbank home entertainment company.
Rebecca Campbell, who worked as Disneyland resort president for less than a year, has chosen to leave the Walt Disney Company simply days after Iger announced huge job cuts during a quarterly incomes call with financiers.
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Disney Parks chairman Josh D'Amaro said in a memo that the job cuts would impact the division-- that includes Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.
" As we identify our method on attaining these cost savings, we will remain concentrated on providing the best visitor and customer experiences and do not anticipate this to impact our per hour frontline operations roles," D'Amaro composed in the memo.
When D'Amaro moved to a similar function at Walt Disney World, Campbell replaced D'Amaro as Disneyland resort president in September 2019. Campbell was changed in May 2020 by present Disneyland resort president Ken Potrock in an executive shuffle by then-new and since-fired Disney CEO Bob Chapek. D'Amaro became Disney Parks chairman throughout the shuffle.
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Campbell's short eight-month period at Disneyland included two months throughout the yearlong coronavirus closure of the park.
Campbell, chairman of Disney's global material and operations, chose to leave as a result of Iger's executive leadership reorganization, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The
New York Times reported that Campbell was "squeezed out" in the latest executive shuffle.
" The highly regarded Rebecca Campbell, a 26-year Disney vet who is tight with Iger (she's been on the luxury yacht) has been ejected, with her global content turf getting downsized and soaked up by other officers," NYT Hollywood reporter Brooks Barnes posted on Twitter.
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Iger asked Campbell to remain at the company through June to help with the transition.
" She has actually been a genuinely valuable and trusted leader throughout her time here and I am grateful for her numerous contributions to this business," Iger wrote in a memo acquired by the Hollywood Reporter. "Over the years, I've worked with Rebecca in a lot of different functions, and beyond the meaningful effect she has actually had in each of them, I've constantly appreciated her determination to take them on happily, enthusiastically and with an impressive degree of professionalism-- any place and whenever she was called to serve."
Campbell was pointed out as a potential follower to Iger, who has been entrusted with finding a brand-new Disney CEO after the business fired Chapek.
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