The Business of Entertainment: Harvardwood Fireside Chat with VERSANT COO & CFO Anand Kini

Anand Kini serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of VERSANT. In this role, Kini oversees the finance, strategy and operational functions of the company. Previously, Kini served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy at Comcast Corporation and Chief Financial Officer of NBCUniversal where he worked across the corporation to help drive the company’s global growth strategy and oversaw the Finance and Strategy functions across the company, including the Media, Studio and Theme Park divisions.

Kini joined NBCUniversal in 2011 from Comcast Cable, where he served as Senior Vice President of Finance, leading forecasting, budgeting, strategic planning and business analytics. Prior to that, he worked at Activision Blizzard and Disney in a variety of Finance and Strategy management roles from 2002 – 2007. Kini graduated from Wesleyan University with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and received his M.B.A with High Distinction from Harvard Business School. He serves…