Primary Job Title Executive Vice President and CFO Primary Organization 
Time Inc.
Gender Male
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Currently serving as Time Warner’s Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Howard Averill will become Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Time Warner effective January 1, 2014.
Previously, Mr. Averill served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Time Inc. and was responsible for leading Time
Inc.’s financial functions and strategies, including all accounting, budgeting, reporting and tax activities. In addition, Mr. Averill had global responsibility for information technology, production and fulfillment operations. He also oversaw the company's consumer marketing businesses.
Mr. Averill was a member of the company's interim management committee in 2011, prior to the appointment of a new CEO in January 2012.
Prior to joining Time Inc. in 2007, Mr. Averill was Executive Vice President and CFO at NBC Universal Television. During his 10 years at NBC Universal, he served in a variety of CFO roles in New York and Los Angeles, including positions at MSNBC, NBC News, NBC West Coast and NBC Universal Television Group.
Previous to NBC Universal, Mr. Averill was an executive at ITT/ Sheraton Corporation in New York and Boston and also held positions with Pepsi-Cola Company and Arthur Andersen & Co., where he earned his CPA.
Mr. Averill serves on the Investment Committee for Time Warner’s Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Retirement Plans. He holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Vermont and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
