Savitzky Named VP/Finance, N. America, WCM
• Jen (Stearns) Savitzky has been appointed VP of Finance, North America for Warner Chappell Music (WCM). In this new role, she will serve as a partner and advisor WCM’s North American team, overseeing all finance and accounting operations and helping drive strategic planning initiatives.
Savitzky reports to WCM EVP & Global CFO David Woirhaye, who commented, “I had the opportunity to work closely with Jen while at Warner Recorded Music where she excelled across a number of roles, and I’m very proud and excited to be working with her again at Warner Chappell. She’s a talented and proven finance leader with experience across music publishing, recorded music and entertainment, and she will be instrumental in helping us achieve and execute our ambitious goals for this year and beyond.”
With a career spanning nearly two decades, Savitzky most recently worked for Activision Blizzard, managing global revenue accounting, supporting new business models like its eSports League, and acted as project manager on various initiatives. Savitzky was previously with Warner Music Group, leading general and royalty accounting for Rhino Records. Prior to that, she was a senior auditor at Deloitte.
Savitzky remarked, “I’m thrilled to be at Warner Chappell and a part of the Warner Music Group family again. I’ve always been passionate about music and especially songwriters, and it’s exciting to be joining now when the company is experiencing such rapid growth. I’ll be focused on enhancing partnerships between the North American finance team and departments across the business. I’m very much looking forward to leveraging my prior experience to see what we can accomplish together.” [Photo courtesy of Warner Chappell Music]
