Greg Peters will become the chief product officer at Netflix in July, assuming a role held by Neil Hunt for the past eight years.
Peters most recently led international development efforts from the Netflix office in Tokyo since 2015. In his nine years at the company, he has held positions overseeing product engineering and business development and in his role leading Netflix Japan, marketing and content licensing and creation.
Hunt said: “When I first met Greg nine years ago, I knew he was an especially gifted engineer and entrepreneur.
“I’m delighted to be leaving the Netflix product organization in such great shape and in such good hands.”
Peters said: “Neil has been an amazing leader who uniquely brings together analytical rigor, deep engineering chops, human warmth and a wry sense of humour.
Reed Hastings, Netflix co-founder and CEO, said: “Greg and Neil have collaborated through the years to make the Netflix experience all over the world absolutely incredible.
“I look forward to having Greg take on this role and to celebrate with Neil our 100 millionth member.”
Prior to joining Netflix, Peters was senior VP of consumer electronics products at Macrovision Solutions and previously held positions at Mediabolic Inc., Red Hat Network and Wine.com.
Separately, chief talent officer Tawni Cranz, who joined the Netflix in 2007, is to leave the company and pursue other interests.
Hastings said: “Over the last decade, Tawni has played a formative role in developing our business culture as well as developing an amazing talent team.
“We deeply appreciate her contributions.”
