Reuters parent names new CEO, new finance chief

Thomson Reuters Corp. has named former Nielsen Holdings PLC president and chief operating officer Steve Hasker as its chief executive and president and Mike Eastwood as its finance chief, among other management changes effective March 15, reports Dave Sebastian of The Wall Street Journal.

Sebastian writes, “Mr. Hasker will succeed Jim Smith, who will become the chairman of Thomson Reuters Foundation, the media company’s charitable arm, it said Tuesday. The company said Mr. Smith will help Mr. Hasker transition into his new role into 2021.

“After working at Nielsen, Mr. Hasker served as chief executive of the talent agency CAA Global and later as senior adviser to TPG Capital.

“Thomson Reuters also said it has tapped Mike Eastwood, the company’s senior vice president and head of corporate finance, as finance chief. He will succeed Stephane Bello, who will become vice chairman of Thomson Reuters.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.