Sky: Dana Strong named CEO replacing Jeremy Darroch who becomes executive chairman

Dana Strong will succeed Jeremy Darroch as CEO of the UK pay-TV group Sky, announced its US parent company Comcast, on 06/01/2021. Dana Strong has been Comcast's president of customer services since January 2018.

Jeremy Darroch will remain at the company and take over as Sky's executive chairman. He is expected to remain in this role until the end of 2021 before becoming an advisor to the group, according to British media reports.

"It has been a privilege to lead Sky for 13 years, and an experience that I have looked forward to every day, so my decision to leave has not been easy. But with the business firmly settled into the wider Comcast Corporation and a strong plan in place, now is the right time," said Jeremy Darroch.

During his time as CEO, Jeremy Darroch "has tripled the size of the business and led the transformation of the company (acquisition of Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia in July 2014) into Europe's largest multi-platform TV provider with nearly 24 million customers," said Comcast.

• Comcast acquired Sky for £30.6bn (€34.3bn) in an auction against another interested US…