Overview

• Cavanagh will join Comcast’s board when the co-CEO structure takes effect in January.
• Roberts will remain chairman and co-CEO, publicly praising Cavanagh as a trusted and collaborative leader.
• Cavanagh advanced from CFO to president after joining Comcast in 2015, following a stint as co-CEO of JPMorgan’s corporate and investment bank.
• His remit expanded after Jeff Shell’s 2022 exit from NBCUniversal, adding direct oversight of the TV, film and theme-park businesses.
• He led the creation of Versant to house most NBCUniversal cable networks, with plans to spin off Versant as the parent of CNBC, MSNBC and Golf Channel.