Cinemark Holdings, Inc. Announces Executive Changes
July 28, 2021 at 04:45 pm EDT
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Cinemark Holdings, Inc. announced that effective July 28, 2021, Sean Gamble has been named President and he will serve as CEO & President following Zoradi’s retirement. Zoradi will work closely with Gamble and the executive leadership team over the course of the next five months to ensure a smooth transition. Gamble is a long-term industry executive with a deep understanding of the broad media and entertainment environment having served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Universal Pictures prior to joining Cinemark. He also held multiple senior leadership roles within the General Electric Company prior to his CFO role at Universal. As part of the executive leadership transition, Cinemark also announced the promotion of three executives: Wanda Gierhart Fearing has been promoted to Chief Marketing and Content Officer. Since joining Cinemark in 2018, Gierhart Fearing has significantly enhanced the strength of key marketing functions and spearheaded the company’s e-commerce and digital/social media transformation Damian Wardle has been promoted to EVP Theatre & Technology Operations. Wardle has been with Cinemark/Century for over thirty years and has significant experience in field operations, information technology and theatre technology. He is a highly respected industry leader who is widely recognized as the best in the theatre tech business. With this promotion, Wardle will now oversee theatre operations with the continued leadership of Steve Zuehlke and his field operations team. Sid Srivastava has been promoted to EVP Human Resources, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Corporate Social Responsibility. Prior to joining the company in 2016, Srivastava had an extensive background with Coca-Cola and the General Electric Company spanning nearly twenty years. Furthermore, his role will expand to oversee the company’s ongoing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.
Cinemark Holdings, Inc., is engaged in the motion picture exhibition business. The Company operates through two segments: United States markets and international markets. It operates 501 theatres and 5,719 screens in the United States, and Latin America. The Companyâs United States circuit operated 309 theatres and 4,324 screens and its Latin America circuit operated 192 theatres and 1,395 screens across 13 countries. It also plays mainstream films from many different genres, such as animated films, family films, dramas, comedies, horror, and action films. The Company offers various alternative entertainment content for its guests, which includes concert, sporting, and gaming events, as well as art, independent, faith-based, and multicultural foreign language films. In addition, it provides the functionality and technological infrastructure to live-stream events via satellite network across its portfolio of theatres in the United States and Latin America.