Susan Arnold will succeed Bob Iger as chairman of the board at Disney, the company announced Tuesday.
Arnold, a 14-year member of the Disney board who has served as its independent lead director since 2018, will succeed Iger as chairman of the board when he departs Disney at the end of the year.
Iger had served as chairman of the board since 2012 and had kept that role even after he stepped down as CEO last year, giving way to Bob Chapek. For the past year, Iger has held the role of executive chairman.
According to the article Susan Arnold moves from the Carlye Group as an operations executive to the Disney Board as Chairperson.