To outsiders, Disneyland Resort president Rebecca Campbell was a surprise choice to succeed Kevin Mayer as chairman of Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International.
To Disney insiders, the timing of the shake-up in Mayer’s division was unexpected when the news hit after the stock market closed May 18.
But the selection of Campbell for the high-profile job overseeing Disney’s global streaming efforts and all international operations was hardly a shock: The executive has quietly been on the move at Disney for some time. “She’s tenacious and she’s a great executive,” says Anne Sweeney, former president of Disney/ABC Television Group, who worked closely with Campbell for years. “She’s a strong and thoughtful manager who really knows her [executive
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