Liberty Global Co-CFO Charlie Bracken To Be Sole CFO; Bernie Dvorak To Retire

(RTTNews) - TV and broadband company Liberty Global plc (LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) announced Thursday that Charlie Bracken, currently EVP and Co-Chief Financial Officer, will assume the sole position of Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2017. Bernie Dvorak, who currently serves as EVP and Co-Chief Financial Officer responsible for accounting, compliance and investor relations, plans to retire at the end of this year.

Bracken, currently responsible for finance and treasury operations, joined Liberty's predecessor operations in Europe as CFO in 1999 from Goldman Sachs, and was appointed Co-CFO of Liberty Global at its formation in 2004.

Dvorak holds over three decades of leadership positions in the cable industry, most of which have been with Liberty Global and affiliated companies.

Effective October 1, 2016, Jason Waldron will be appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, reporting to Charlie Bracken.