Bryon Rubin on diversity, equity & inclusion
From Bryon Rubin CBS CFO,COO Interview by Shalvi Singh, MBA Lehigh University · · Interview Africa Club CBS CFO
“DEI is one of our most important initiatives; we have numerical E&I goals for hiring directors, producers and actors, and we take those as seriously as our budget — compensation is tied to that as well.”
On , Bryon Rubin, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer at CBS Entertainment Group at Paramount Global, spoke about diversity, equity & inclusion during Bryon Rubin CBS CFO,COO Interview by Shalvi Singh, MBA Lehigh University on Interview Africa Club CBS CFO.
About Bryon Rubin
Bryon Rubin, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of CBS Entertainment Group at Paramount Global, participated in a 2022 interview with Shalvi Singh of Lehigh University. Rubin discussed CBS's operations, including its news bureau in South Africa and a 60 Minutes story on an organization called Justice Defenders. He noted that CBS had been the number one network for 18 of the previous 19 years and described the challenge of cracking the network's lineup. Rubin stated that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is "one of our most important initiatives," adding that CBS has numerical goals for hiring directors, producers, and actors, and that compensation is tied to those goals. He also commented that the company has gone through several mergers and restructurings, and that "sometimes restructuring means some people have to leave — that's difficult."