Disney Entertainment Television promotes three key financial managers

EXCLUSIVE: Disney Entertainment Television has promoted three of its top financial executives to new roles. Karen Sack has been named EVP, Finance, Disney Entertainment Television; Peggy Ting becomes SVP Finance and Business Planning, Disney Television Studios; and Amit Ziv as SVP Finance and Business Planning for ABC Entertainment, ABC News, ABC Owned Television Stations and Freeform

In her expanded role, Sack will be instrumental in defining business strategy and ensuring profitability targets for the TV business by leading the profit and loss statement and short and long term financial planning. She will oversee all financial matters, including budget management and analysis.

Sack has been CFO at FX since 2009. She previously worked at Fox Filmed Entertainment in various finance roles, including International Home Entertainment, Operations Strategy, and at film production and distribution label Fox Atomic.

As Chief Financial Officer of Disney Television Studios, Ting reports to Sack and oversees financial planning and analysis for ABC Signature, 20th Television and 20th Television Animation, as well as production and development financing for those studios and FX Productions. She is also responsible for setting strategy and overseeing the day-to-day activities of the production finance department.

Previously, Ting was vice president of finance and business planning at Disney Television Studios. She also served as Executive Director of Business Development at Fox21 Television Studios.

As chief financial officer for ABC Entertainment, ABC News, ABC Owned Television Stations and Freeform, Ziv reports to Sack and oversees the financial and business planning of these brands. He also serves as a business partner to Disney Entertainment Television network executives for these brands, helping to set the business agenda and achieve profitability goals. Ziv will report dually to Debra O’Connell, President of Television Networks and TV Business Operations, where he leads strategy for the company’s domestic linear portfolio of entertainment networks and stations.

Prior to Disney, Ziv was Senior Vice President of Business Operations, Development and Strategy at MGM+ (formerly EPIX). He also worked as a management consultant at Ernst & Young, advising media and entertainment clients on digital transformation.