EA hires former EA exec as new CFO

8 Comments by Alexander Sliwinski Mar 27th 2008 10:00PM
Filed under: Business

EA's named a replacement for outgoing Chief Financial Officer Warren Jenson and the winner is: Eric Brown of McAfee Inc. GameDaily reports Brown is no stranger to the ways of EA, having served as Chief Operating Officer of EA's Redwood Shores Studio.

EA CEO John Riccitiello says Brown's broad international experience and industry knowledge make him a perfect fit for the company. Surprisingly there was no gloating about needing a CFO on board who can easily handle a major acquisition. Brown officially begins the job April 14, three days after EA's hostile takeover deadline against Take-Two.

Tags: brown, cfo, ea, eric-brown, jenson, riccitiello

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Howl Pendragon: Mar 27th 2008; 10:05PM

This still isn't going to change my opinion of EA.

Master Bruce: Mar 27th 2008; 10:10PM

I have to admit, Eric Brown did good work while he was at McAfee. He's the CFO though, so not really as much of a change agent as a CEO would be.

Brad Mecoli: Mar 27th 2008; 11:28PM

wb lol

Kujel: Mar 27th 2008; 11:57PM

Any change in executives in any of the big publishers really doesn't change anything, EA is still EA and I don't think that will change anytime soon.

crusadernm: Mar 28th 2008; 4:59AM

I've enjoyed many of the games that EA has published.

Chris!: Mar 28th 2008; 8:53AM

Its really sad how much people hate EA. They make some great products(which i would guess 90% own at least one item by them) yet everyone here trashes them.

caramelzappa: Mar 28th 2008; 2:57PM

We don't like EA because we pay money for their products only to be treaded like shit. EA abuses dlc on xbox live, and fills their games with real ads to pull in even more money. We just want to pay for the game once and play it, without having to pay an extra $15 for more weapons or having their gaming experience littered with ads.

caramelzappa: Mar 28th 2008; 2:58PM

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