Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> February 2, 2004

THOMAS STAGGS – THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY (DIS)

THOMAS O. STAGGS is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Walt Disney Company and is a member of the company's executive management committee. He oversees the company's worldwide finance organization, controller functions, acquisitions, investor relations, treasury and risk management activities, information systems, real estate and taxes. He also represents Disney on the Supervisory Board of Euro Disney S.C.A., which owns and operates Disneyland Resort Paris, and serves as chairman of Fox Kids Europe N.V. Mr. Staggs joined Disney in 1990 as a Manager of Strategic Planning and soon advanced through a series of positions of increased responsibility, becoming Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning and Development in 1995. He was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 1998, and assumed his current title in January 2000. He played an important role in a wide variety of Disney's strategic and operating initiatives and various Disney strategic joint ventures and corporate transactions, including the acquisition of Capital Cities/ABC. More recently, Mr. Staggs has spearheaded the company's efforts to drive greater cost and capital efficiency throughout the organization. He received a BS degree in Business from the University of Minnesota and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He worked in investment banking with Morgan Stanley & Co. before joining Disney. Profile
TWST: What are you and senior management most focused on at Disney these

days? What are the high level strategies that are driving your business?

Mr. Staggs: There are three overarching,