Mattel appoints Roger Lynch as CEO, Ynon Kreiz to step down

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  "company": {
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    "url": "https://www.exchange4media.com/people-movement-news/mattel-appoints-roger-lynch-as-ceo-ynon-kreiz-to-step-down-158782.html",
    "title": "Mattel appoints Roger Lynch as CEO, Ynon Kreiz to step down - Exchange4Media",
    "contact": "Roger Lynch",
    "excerpt": "Roger Lynch will step down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Condé Nast after seven and a half years and will join Mattel as its new CEO. He will continue as a member of the company’s Board of Directors. Mike Perlis, Lead Independent Director at Condé Nast, will serve as interim CEO while the board begins its search for Lynch’s successor. Perlis has served on the Condé Nast board for almost eight years. The Board of Directors of Mattel, Inc. announced on September 30 the appointment of Roger Lynch, current Board member and Independent Lead Director, as Chairman effective October 2, and CEO effective on or before November 2. He succeeds Ynon Kreiz, who will step down as Chairman and CEO effective October 2, to take a senior leadership position at another public company. The Board has appointed current Mattel Board member Diana Ferguson as its new Independent Lead Director. Lynch has extensive experience overseeing companies with global brand portfolios and creating innovative business models that embrace technological change. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Condé Nast. Previously, Lynch served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Pandora, and before that, as the founding CEO of Sling TV (owned by DISH Network). Prior to joining DISH, he served as Chairman and CEO of Video Networks International, Ltd., an IPTV technology company in the U.K. He also...",
    "summary": "Mattel has appointed Roger Lynch as its new CEO, effective on or before November 2, and as Chairman, effective October 2.",
    "planning": true,
    "image_url": "https://www.exchange4media.com/news-photo/158782-RogerLynchYnonKreiz.jpg",
    "job_title": "Chairman",
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    "published_at": "2026-10-01T02:57:29Z",
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    "article_sentence": "The Board of Directors of Mattel, Inc. announced on September 30 the appointment of Roger Lynch, current Board member and Independent Lead Director, as Chairman effective October 2, and CEO effective on or before November 2."
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