Leadership & Directors

Bela Bajaria was named Chief Content Officer in 2023. Bela was named Head of Global TV in 2020, overseeing English language and local language scripted and unscripted series around the world. Previously, she oversaw local language originals, original series across Europe, the Middle East, Türkiye, Africa, India, Asia, and Latin America. In this role, she managed the teams behind shows such as La Casa de Papel (Spain), The Witcher (Poland), Sacred Games (India), Squid Game (Korea), Blood & Water (South Africa), and Sintonia (Brazil). Bela joined Netflix in 2016 to lead Netflix's push into unscripted programming including the critically acclaimed Queer Eye, Nailed It! and Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. She was previously President of Universal Television. Bajaria has been honored by THR’s Women in Entertainment list, Variety’s LA Women’s Impact Report, named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2022, and named one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in 2020, 2021 and 2022. She currently serves on the LA Board of Governors for the Paley Center, the Board of LA’s Saban Community Clinic and the Board of Trustees for Meridian International Center.

Deborah Black is Vice President of Engineering at Netflix. Prior to Netflix, she served as Vice President, eCommerce Services at Amazon, where she was responsible for the software that enables Amazon’s global businesses. Deborah is a former Corporate Vice President at Microsoft where she held a variety of positions within the Windows Division. She began her career at Bell Northern Research, where she focused on distributed systems research. Deborah holds a BS and MSE in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan and serves on the university’s Computer Science and Engineering School National Advisory Board.

Sergio Ezama was named Netflix Chief Talent Officer in September 2021. He was previously Global Chief Talent Officer at PepsiCo in addition to serving as Chief Human Resources Officer for global functions and groups. In this role, he led the company’s efforts across all talent-related areas in more than 200 countries. Sergio joined PepsiCo in 2001, serving in a variety of talent leadership roles at PepsiCo headquarters in the U.S., and across Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Sergio holds a BS in Law and master’s in Juridical Practice, and Human Resources Management from University of Deusto. He also holds a master’s in Health and Safety Management from Instituto Europeo de Salud y Bienestar Social. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s General Management Program.

As Global Head of Partnerships, Maria Ferreras oversees all partnerships for Netflix. She previously served as Vice President, Business Development for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Netflix in 2017, she worked at Google for 10 years as Director of Partnerships for YouTube for Southern Europe and Emerging Markets. In this role, Maria was responsible for shaping and growing the YouTube partnership ecosystem in key markets and looking after the content strategy for direct partners. She has also served in a number of leadership and senior management roles for multinational companies such as Lycos, Orange and Telecom Italia. Maria holds a master's degree in Telecom Engineering and a postgraduate in Marketing. She has also served on the academic board of The Valley, an innovative digital business school.

As Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, Bryony Gagan oversees business & legal affairs related to Netflix’s content production, acquisition and distribution, including for all television, feature film, non-fiction, animation and local language programming produced in-house by Netflix’s studio domestically and internationally. Bryony is also responsible for Netflix’s global Labor Relations, Music Business & Legal Affairs and Intellectual Property groups. Before coming to Netflix in 2008, she was Senior Counsel at DivX, Inc., where she handled that company’s content licensing as well as technology licensing agreements with major consumer electronics manufacturers. Bryony was previously an associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in San Francisco and a clerk for the Honorable William W. Schwarzer of the Northern District of California. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and Stanford Law School.

As Vice President of Public Policy, Dean Garfield works to build and strengthen global public policy expertise, and accelerate social impact. Prior to joining Netflix in 2019, he served as President and CEO of the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), Executive Vice President and Chief Strategic Officer for the Motion Picture Association (MPA), and Vice President of Legal Affairs at the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He was appointed by President Obama and then re-appointed by President Trump to the President’s Trade Advisory Council and was recently appointed to the Department of Transportation Advisory Committee on Automation. Dean received a joint degree from New York University School of Law and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public Administration and International Affairs at Princeton University. He was a Ford- Rockefeller as well as a Root-Tilden-Snow scholar.

Jeremi Gorman joined Netflix as President, Worldwide Advertising in 2022. Jeremi has spent her career in Digital Media, serving in business roles at Monster.com, Variety, Yahoo!, and was an early employee of Amazon Advertising, where she held a variety of leadership roles, including Global Ad Sales. Jeremi joined Netflix from Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, where she served as Chief Business Officer from 2018-2022. Jeremi is a Southern California native, and proudly holds a Bachelor’s degree from UCLA and holds an MBA from Penn State. She is active in the advertising industry, serving on the boards of The Ad Council, The American Advertising Federation, and MMA Global. In addition, Jeremi is on the board of the non-profit, Women for Women International, which invests in women survivors of war and conflict, providing them with social and economic skills to transform their own lives. A lifelong sports fan, and advocate for women's athletics, Jeremi is a founding investor in the Los Angeles women's professional soccer team, Angel City FC.

Reed Hastings co-founded Netflix in 1997. In 1991, Reed founded Pure Software, which made tools for software developers. After a 1995 IPO, and several acquisitions, Pure was acquired by Rational Software in 1997. Reed is an active educational philanthropist and served on the California State Board of Education from 2000 to 2004. He is currently on the board of several educational organizations including KIPP and Pahara. Reed is also a board member of The City Fund. Reed received a BA from Bowdoin College in 1983, and an MSCS in Artificial Intelligence from Stanford University in 1988. Between Bowdoin and Stanford, Reed served in the Peace Corps as a high school math teacher in Swaziland.

David Hyman is Chief Legal Officer for Netflix, responsible for all legal and public policy matters for the company. He has served in this capacity since 2002 and also serves as the company’s Secretary. Prior to Netflix, David was the General Counsel of Webvan, an online internet retailer, having previously held the role of senior corporate counsel. He also practiced law at Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco and Arent Fox in Washington, DC. David earned his JD and Bachelor’s degrees from the University of Virginia.

Eunice leads the company’s global Consumer Product Innovation team including its Product Management, Design, and Creative Production functions. This team is responsible for innovating, delivering, and commercializing the end-to-end product experience for Netflix members around the world, including plans and pricing, content promotion, search, recommendations, and player features. Eunice joined Netflix in early 2021 after having spent ten years in product leadership roles at Google Play and YouTube. Prior to Google, she worked at several tech startups as well as Pepsico and Adobe Systems. Eunice holds a BA from Columbia University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Cure CMD.

Minyoung Kim oversees all local language film and scripted and unscripted series for Asia Pacific (excluding India), working with creators across the region. Min leads the teams responsible for hit APAC series and films including Squid Game from Korea, Girl From Nowhere from Thailand, and The Naked Director from Japan.

Previously, Kim led Netflix’s content expansion in Korea. Under her leadership, Netflix brought best-in-class Korean series to global audiences including Kingdom, Love Alarm, Extracurricular, The School Nurse Files, Crash landing on you, Itaewon Class and Sweet Home, and films like Time to Hunt, The Call and Space Sweepers. She joined Netflix in 2016 as one of the first content executives based in Asia. She has built and managed Netflix’s growing slate of Korean original series, in addition to helping lead the creation of our Korean office.

Prior to Netflix, she led Twitter’s Content Partnerships across APAC. She started her career at an independent TV production company, and built her expertise in international business while working at NBC Universal (France) and CJ E&M (Korea).

Marian Lee was named Chief Marketing Officer in March 2022 after joining Netflix the year prior in the role of Vice President of UCAN Marketing. Previously, she enjoyed an eight-year tenure at Spotify Technology S.A., where she served as Vice President & Co-Head of Music; Vice President, Global Head of Artist & Label; and held various other positions leading the Global Consumer Marketing & Creator Marketing teams.

Marian has also worked at some of the world’s leading brands in fashion and entertainment, including Condé Nast and J.Crew. She began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a management consultant in the Retail & Consumer Products division. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Marian holds a B.A. in Psychology from Barnard College, Columbia University.

Vernā Myers is an inclusion strategist, cultural innovator, thought leader, and social commentator. A Harvard-trained lawyer and founder of The Vernā Myers Company, Vernā was named VP, Inclusion Strategy at Netflix in 2018. In this role, she and her team help devise and implement strategies that integrate cultural diversity, inclusion and equity into all aspects of Netflix’s operations worldwide. Vernā is the author of Moving Diversity Forward: How to Go From Well-Meaning to Well-Doing and What If I Say the Wrong Thing? 25 Habits for Culturally Effective People. Her inspiring TED talk, “How to Overcome Our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them,” has been viewed almost 3 million times.

Spencer Neumann was named CFO of Netflix in January of 2019. Previously, he served as Activision Blizzard’s CFO from May 2017. Prior to that, Spencer held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at The Walt Disney Company, most recently serving as the CFO and executive vice president of Global Guest Experience of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, from 2012 to 2017. From 2005 to 2012, Spencer worked at the private equity firms of Providence Equity Partners and Summit Partners. Prior to that, he held several other roles with Disney, which he initially joined in 1992, including executive vice president of the ABC Television Network from 2001 to 2004 and CFO of the Walt Disney Internet Group from 1999 to 2001. He is a member of the national board of directors of Make-A-Wish America. Spencer holds both a B.A. degree in economics and an M.B.A. degree from Harvard University.

Pablo Perez De Rosso leads the Company's Strategy, Planning & Analysis group across Content, Studio, Marketing, Communications, Product, Partnerships and Gaming. This group is responsible for helping set the strategic direction of the business and making key business decisions through data analytics, financial analysis, research, and planning/forecasting. Pablo joined Netflix in 2012 as one of the first executives dedicated to our Latin American business. Before joining Netflix, Pablo was a Director of Business Development & Strategy for Universal Pictures, analyzing new business and investment opportunities in film production and distribution. Pablo started his career in the media/entertainment industry at MGM Studios and he also helped theatrical exhibition company Cinepolis launch its operations in India. Before working in media/entertainment, Pablo spent 5 years as an investment banker for Lazard and as a consultant for LECG, now part of Compass Lexecon. Pablo earned his M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.A. in Economics from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Argentina.

Greg Peters is co-CEO of Netflix. Previously Greg served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Product Officer. Earlier, Greg was International Development Officer for Netflix, responsible for the global partnerships with consumer electronics companies, Internet service providers and multi-channel video programming distributors that enable Netflix to deliver movies and TV shows across a full range of devices and platforms. Prior to joining Netflix in 2008, Greg was Senior Vice President of consumer electronics products for Macrovision Solutions Corp. (later renamed to Rovi Corporation) and previously held positions at digital entertainment software provider, Mediabolic Inc., Red Hat Network, the provider of Linux and Open Source technology, and online vendor Wine.com. Greg holds a B.S. degree in physics and astronomy from Yale University. Greg sits on the boards of 2U Inc., a global leader in education technology, and DoorDash, a technology company that connects consumers with their favorite local businesses.

As Vice President of Latin American Content, Francisco Ramos is responsible for all original series, films and licensed content for the Latin American region. He was promoted to Vice President in 2019, two years after joining Netflix. Francisco started his career in Spain, working for Grupo Zeta, a media corporation, and at Antena 3 Television, where he was head of acquisitions and programming. He then moved to Aurum Producciones, the Spanish distributor for New Line, Morgan Creek, Spyglass, and Miramax films, amongst others. He left to become an independent producer, and went on to produce projects for Grupo Zeta’s audiovisual arm. A Mexico native, Francisco received his law degree from National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Amy Reinhard was named Vice President of Studio Operations in 2020. Since joining Netflix in 2016 as Vice President, Content Acquisition, she has led global studio licensing for films and television series as well as local language acquisitions from Latin America, Europe, Africa, The Middle East, and India. In addition to global licensing, Amy oversees physical production, production facilities management, consumer products and creative services, including casting, literary scouting, IP management, and music business development. Prior to Netflix, she was the President of Worldwide TV Licensing and Distribution for Paramount Pictures, where she held various roles for over ten years. She started her career at Revolution Studios. Amy holds a BA and an MBA from Harvard.

Ted Sarandos is co-CEO of Netflix. Ted has been responsible for all content operations since 2000, and led the company's transition into original content production that began in 2013 with the launch of the series House of Cards, Arrested Development and Orange Is the New Black, among numerous others. Ted leads the teams responsible for the acquisition and creation of all Netflix shows and films from around the world such as Stranger Things, Squid Game (Korea), La Casa de Papel (Spain), Sacred Games (India), The Witcher (Poland), The Crown, The Irishman, Bird Box, Red Notice, and the 3-time Academy Award winning film ROMA (Mexico). Ted is recognized in the industry as an innovator in film and television acquisition, distribution, and production, and was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2013 and received the Producers Guild of America Milestone Award in 2019. He is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute and is Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, is a trustee of the American Film Institute, and on the board of Exploring the Arts and Spotify.

Elizabeth Stone leads Netflix’s Data & Insights org. Data & Insights is a centralized and globally distributed team that includes: data engineering, metrics development, analytic insights and tooling, research and development of machine learning algorithms, optimization and automation, experimentation and causal inference, and consumer research. The Data & Insights team applies this functional expertise to improve and evolve all parts of Netflix's business including the member-facing product, streaming delivery, content, studio production, games, ads, business operations, and growth. Elizabeth previously worked in finance, both as a trader and as an economic consultant, before transitioning to the tech industry, where she led teams at Nuna and Lyft. She is a graduate of MIT and Stanford University.

Scott Stuber is the Chairman of Netflix Films where he oversees the development, production and acquisition of the Netflix film slate. Recent hits under Scott’s supervision include: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Adam Project, The Gray Man, Academy Award and BAFTA winning The Power of the Dog, Academy Award nominee Don’t Look Up, Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, Academy Award winner Marriage Story, Red Notice, and three-time Academy Award winner ROMA. Prior to Netflix, he founded and ran Bluegrass Films, which produced such hits as Ted, Central Intelligence, and Safe House. A former vice chairman of worldwide production at Universal Studios, he was responsible for films including A Beautiful Mind, 8 Mile, Meet the Parents and its follow-up films, plus both the Bourne and Fast and the Furious franchises. Scott is on the board and active with a variety of organizations, including the National Film Preservation Foundation, British Film Institute, American Cinematheque, Charlotte + Gwenyth Gray Foundation, Baby2Baby and Chrysalis.

Larry Tanz is Vice President of Content for Europe, Middle East and Africa, based out of Amsterdam. Since joining Netflix in 2014, he has worked across commissions, co-productions, and acquisitions, from US, Europe, Latin America, and Asia, including shows such as ‘The Stranger,’ ‘Bodyguard,’ ‘El Chapo,’ ‘Fauda,’ and ‘Castlevania’. Larry previously served as CEO of Michael Eisner's digital studio Vuguru (now Tornante Television), CEO of LivePlanet (with founders Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Sean Bailey and Chris Moore), and held senior positions at AOL Time Warner and Mercer Management Consulting. He is a founding board member of Water.org which has helped provide safe water and sanitation to over 20 million people around the world. He received his BA and MA from Harvard University and his MBA from The Warton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

In his current role, Mike is focused on bringing great games to Netflix members since Netflix started providing games as part of members’ subscriptions in Nov 2021. That means working with internal studios and external developers to create and deliver games in a variety of genres that can be enjoyed by Netflix members around the world.

Most recently, Mike served as Vice President of Content for Facebook Reality Labs (now Meta), overseeing Oculus Studios as well as the teams bringing second and third party AR/VR games and apps to Oculus VR headsets including Oculus Quest and Quest II. Prior to Facebook, Mike worked at large and small companies, in roles ranging from game production to running studio organizations to overseeing large businesses. Mike ran most of EA's mobile gaming studios as SVP, EA Mobile, and was President of Studios at Kabam after joining that company through the acquisition of his mobile game start-up TapZen. He was also Chief Creative Officer and Co-President of Games for Zynga, after leading EA's Los Angeles Studio working on RTS and FPS games.

Spencer heads up several teams in the Finance department including Corporate Strategy, Planning & Analysis, Investor Relations & Research, and Corporate Development/M&A. The Corporate Strategy, Planning & Analysis team is responsible for the global P&L, subscriber analytics across all geographies, and analyses to inform key decisions including capital structure, margin targets and headcount growth. Spencer and the IR team lead Netflix’s relationship with equity and debt investors, assist in capital structure optimization and capital raising and perform special research projects on new business opportunities and competitive analysis. Spencer also oversees the Corporate Development team and the company’s M&A strategy and execution. Prior to joining Netflix in 2015, Spencer worked on Wall Street for 16 years at several bulge bracket investment banks, where he was an award-winning equity research analyst specializing in the Internet & Media sectors.

Rachel Whetstone was named CCO of Netflix in August 2018. She has spent the last 20 years working on communications and policy issues for US technology companies. She joined Google in 2005 and served as Senior Vice President of Communications & Public Policy from 2011 to 2015. She held the same position at Uber from 2015 to 2017, before joining Facebook as a Vice President of Communications. Rachel is a graduate of Bristol University and spent the first half of her career working in UK politics as a policy advisor, including at the Interior Ministry. She is a board member of Udacity, a company founded to "train the world's workforce in the careers of the future".