SCA Raids Disney For New CFO, As Nick McKechnie Departs

SCA Raids Disney For New CFO, As Nick McKechnie Departs

SCA CEO, Grant Blackley today announced that Tim Young (lead image) will join the company to become its new chief financial officer and join the leadership team.

Young joins SCA on 30 January 2023 and replaces Nick McKechnie who, after eight years, leaves the business.

Young comes to SCA from The Walt Disney Company, where he spent the last 11 years of his career, most recently as chief financial officer and head of corporate strategy (ANZ). At Disney, Young played a key strategic role in launching the Disney+ streaming product in Australia, now one of the largest and most successful streaming services in the country.

Young has worked in the UK, Europe and Australia and has also held senior positions at the BBC (specifically with the BBC iPlayer product), Canal Plus, and Booz Allen Hamilton, in a range of consultancy and advisory positions.

In his new role, Young will lead SCA’s finance and legal teams and report to SCA CEO Grant Blackley.

Blackley commented: “Tim comes exceptionally well credentialled to SCA bringing a global perspective to our organisation. His proven strategic and financial competency, coupled with his deep digital transformation experience provides additional gravitas to further supercharge our digital posture specifically through the LiSTNR product which we recently reported had reached one million signed in users nationally.”

Commenting on his appointment, Young said: “I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to join the amazing team at SCA at an exciting time for the company. I look forward to playing my part in shaping and building the future potential of the company for our stakeholders.”




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