Colette Chestnut has been named exec VP and chief financial officer of MTV Networks, which includes Nickelodoen, NOGGIN, Comedy Central, Spike TV, TV Land and MTVN International, among others. She will begin working out of the New York office on March 20, reporting directly to MTVN president and COO Michael Wolf.
As CFO, Chestnut will be responsible for managing the financial operations of MTV Networks, and will be a member of the MTV Networks Management Committee that plays the lead role in the overall management of the company. She takes the position formerly held by John Cucci, who has been promoted to chief operating officer for the Comedy Central/Spike TV/TV Land Entertainment Group.
“As we take the company further onto multiple platforms and around the globe, we couldn’t ask for somebody better than Colette to complement the team we have in place at MTV Networks,’ Wolf comments.
Chestnut joins MTVN from juggernaut ad agency JWT, where she served as the North American chief financial officer since 2000. Prior to that, she served as controller Chiat/Day/Mojo and was integrally involved in the company’s sale to Omnicom and merger into TBWA. She then assumed overall financial responsibility for TBWA Worldwide’s North and South American operations from 1995 to 2000.
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