Comcast hires former Cisco executive Singh for strategic planning post

Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) named former Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO)  executive Inder Singh senior VP of finance and strategic planning, making him responsible for its forecasting, strategy, business trends, and long-range plan preparation.

Singh

Singh, who reports to EVP and CFO Dave Scott, had been VP of corporate portfolio management and long range planning and a member of the CEO's operating committee and video board at Cisco. He's also worked previously at AT&T (NYSE: T), Lehman Brothers, American Express and Prudential securities.

"Inder's extensive knowledge and more than 20 years of financial planning experience will be instrumental in helping to identify new growth opportunities that are focused on our core businesses," Scott said in Thursday's announcement.

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