Naveen Chopra Exits as Paramount Global CFO

Paramount Global CFO Naveen Chopra is exiting the company "to pursue other opportunities," the company said on Monday. Shortly after Paramount's announcement, we learned what specific other opportunity he left for: Chopra is the new chief financial officer at Roblox .

Andrew Warren, currently a strategic advisor to Paramount's three-headed Office of the CEO and a former CFO at Discovery Communications, will be executive vice president and interim chief financial officer at Paramount Global. He's been around to advise George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy and Brian Robbins on CEO matters.

"We thank Naveen for his leadership role during a dynamic period of transformation and growth," Cheeks, McCarthy and Robbins, the co-CEOs, said in a joint statement. "We are excited to partner with Andy, who has been our strategic advisor, in his new, expanded role as interim CFO and we are confident that his deep financial expertise and familiarity with our business make him exceptionally well-suited to step into this position."

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Warren has also served as CFO of STX Entertainment and the NBCU Television Group.

One by one, top Paramount Global executives are going down, making way for David Ellison and his Skydance to take over and set up his own leadership team. Cheeks, McCarthy and Robbins together replaced Bob Bakish , the company's former president and CEO; Jeff Shell, the former NBCUniversal CEO, will be president of Skydance Paramount when it becomes official.

Lately, the most high-profile exits from Paramount Global have been from within its news division. Shortly after longtime 60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens bailed over the company's interference in the newsmagazine show's coverage of President Trump's administration, Owens' boss, Wendy McMahon, followed suit .

Owens said at the time that he was no longer able to make "independent decisions."

"It's become clear that the company and I do not agree on the path forward," McMahon said in a memo to staff last month. "It's time for me to move on and for this organization to move forward with new leadership. I have spent the last few months shoring up our businesses and making sure the right leaders are in place; and I have no doubt they will continue to set the standard."

Trump had sued CBS News over a 60 Minutes interview with his 2024 opponent Kamala Harris. Shari Redstone, who owns the company that runs Paramount Global, has been attempting to settle the issue before it potentially ruins the sale of her controlling stake to Ellison; the deal is still pending approval from the Federal Communications Commission. Redstone recently revealed a thyroid cancer diagnosis .