Sean Cohan
CEO | President | Independent Board Director | Investor | Global Media, Tech, & Consumer Businesses
Bell Media•Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Global transformation and growth leader with extensive strategy, M&A, operations, sales, business development, marketing, and general management experience at large public, private, and PE-backed content, consumer, and analytics companies. Oversight of multi-billion-dollar portfolios and teams of 5,000+ in 200+ countries. Skillful at articulating vision for change and sustainable growth. Expertise launching new products, services, and markets; identifying and closing strategic partnership deals; delivering historic financial performance; and negotiating successful company exits. Purpose-driven leader with a stakeholder mindset and a people-first management style. Proven success driving global, complex, people-intensive P&Ls by recruiting, mentoring, and inspiring eclectic teams... aligning cross-functional teams of technologists, creators, and businesspeople around a common vision. Retired marathon runner, fitness devotee, sports enthusiast, lover of live music, undertalented player of musical instruments, philanthropist, and advocate for education, the arts, and inclusive causes.
Career Timeline
- Bell MediaCurrentNov 2023–Present· 2 yrs 10 mos
- PresidentCurrentNov 2023–Present
- H&R BlockCurrentApr 2021–Present· 5 yrs 5 mos
- Member, Board of DirectorsCurrentApr 2021–Present
- Mar 2020–Feb 2023· 2 yrs 11 mos
- Chief Growth Officer & President, InternationalMar 2020–Feb 2023
- Nov 2019–Feb 2024· 4 yrs 3 mos
- Member, Board of DirectorsNov 2019–Feb 2024
- 2019–Feb 2020· 1 yr 1 mo
- President2019–Feb 2020
- 2004–Dec 2018· 14 yrs 11 mos
- President, International & Digital Media2015–Dec 2018
- Executive Vice President/Senior Vice President2007–2015
- Vice President/Director, International Business Development & Digital Media2004–2007
- Apr 2003–Jun 2004· 1 yr 2 mos
- Manager, Corporate Strategy & OperationsApr 2003–Jun 2004
- 2001–2003· 2 yrs
- Associate, Investment Banking (Summer Associate 2000)2001–2003
- Mar 1998–Aug 1999· 1 yr 5 mos
- Six Sigma Black Belt (Project Manager)Mar 1998–Aug 1999
- 1996–1998· 2 yrs
- Business Analyst1996–1998
Education
MBA
Business Administration and Management, General
Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessA.B.
Economics
Harvard University