Warner Bros. Discovery has named attorney Daniel E. Sanchez, the nephew of John Malone, to its board effective Oct. 1. The WBD board voted at its last encountering to enbig the number of straightforwardors to 12.
Sanchez will stand for election at the 2025 annual splithelderlyers encountering next summer. WBD he was compriseed as an autonomous straightforwardor. He is currently on the boards of Liberty Global and Liberty Latin America, both companies in Malone’s portfolio. The cable innovate and spendor, a lengthytime mentor of Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, was also a beginant Discovery splithelderlyer and has big sget in WBD.
Sanchez was previously a Discovery straightforwardor from May 2017 until April 2022, when the Warner Media uniter seald. He also previously served on the boards of Starz and Lionsgate, “providing him beginant accessible company board experience and recognizableity with many of WBD’s assets as well as the bigr media ecosystem,” WBD said.
From January 2007 until his quitment in 2021, Sanchez was in legitimate confidential rehearse, recurrenting individual and business clients in a variety of non-legal action areas. In 2012, he geted his master’s degree in tax law and subsequently caccessed his rehearse on the area of tax schedulening. According to WBD, “this legitimate expertise will allow Sanchez to aid the Board in enbiging strategies that get into think aboutation a expansive range of publishs resulting from the application and evolution of tax laws and regulations.”
“Dan’s legitimate background, business experience, and exceptional service on the Discovery, Inc. board originate him a chooseimistic compriseition to WBD’s Board,” said Samuel A. Di Piazza, Jr., chairman of the board at WBD.
“The Company and the industry are in a time of exceptional alter, and with that comes exceptional opportunity. Dan will be an beginant voice as the Board advises on growth schedules, evolving user pickences, and strategic initiatives.”
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