Change is in the air at Six Flags — the company has announce that it has “split executive leadership roles at the company by naming Jim Reid-Anderson the company’s executive chairman and promoting John Duffey to president and CEO.”
John Duffey
“The company has strong momentum and tremendous growth opportunities over the next decade, and I am proud to have helped our team deliver record guest satisfaction, industry-leading innovation, all-time high employee satisfaction, and our sixth consecutive year of record financial performance,” said Jim Reid-Anderson.
“Strategically and operationally, we are firing on all cylinders and I am extremely excited to mentor the company’s next-generation of leaders. John Duffey has been instrumental in our past success and is a proven leader within the company, and this is an excellent time to transition responsibilities and develop others on our management team as we continue building the Six Flags brand globally.”
Jim Reid Anderson
From September 2010 to February 2016, Duffey served as Six Flags’ chief financial officer.
“I am honored and excited to become the CEO of Six Flags and work side-by-side with the best team in the industry,” said John Duffey. “We are extremely well-positioned for long term growth and shareholder value creation.”
The company made additional leadership changes:
Marshall Barber was promoted to chief financial officer to fill the void left by Duffey’s promotion. In addition, David McKillips, formerly senior vice president of corporate alliances, was named the new senior vice president of in-park services. Brett Petit, senior vice president of marketing and sales, is now leads the corporate alliances sales team, consolidating all marketing and sales functions under one leader.
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i wish it was me lol
Another bit of good news about Six Flags I’m hearing is the addition of Holiday in the Park at 2 more parks… Six Flags St. Louis and Six Flags America. New England, La Ronde, and Great America have yet to get HITP. Hopefully 2016 season should be good… with SFGAM and SFM getting Justice League dark ride, SFOG’s newly expanded kids area, Roar/The Joker makeover at SFDK, and Super Loop flat rides. SFGADV renaming Total Mayhem to The Joker… I would’ve thought a combination of the names, or the TM name remaining intact with purple and green Joker theming. Can’t wait for 2017 announcement (late August/early September).
Awesome career for Jim Reid-Anderson. I was his former Executive Secretary at Haagen Dazs. ’86-’92. We lost contact.
Great leader. Hope to reconnect some day catchup.