Netflix Alum Tehmina Jaffer Joins Disney+

Tehmina Jaffer has left Netflix to join The Walt Disney Co.’s direct-to-consumer and international service, which is launching the company’s new streaming platform Disney+.

As senior VP of business affairs for Disney+, Jaffer will oversee the coordination and negotiation of development, production and talent deals and contracts, working on rights, acquisition, clearances and content agreements. She will also coordinate with Disney units such as Walt Disney Studios, Disney-ABC Television, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, Marvel Entertainment and Lucasfilm as well as external third-party production entities to produce original content for the streaming service.

Disney+ is slated to launch later this year.

At Netflix, Jaffer served as director of original series, helping to develop overall business strategies for series such as Thirteen Reasons Why, Narcos and Maniac. Jaffer’s previous roles include being the VP of business affairs at NBCUniversal and senior counsel in the legal affairs department at ABC Studios.

Ricky Strauss, president of content and marketing for Disney+, said: “Tehmina is an outstanding executive whose expertise and experience will provide tremendous value as we continue to ramp up our Disney+ original programming efforts. Her insights into the evolving nature of dealmaking in the streaming space are vital to our efforts. Tehmina is smart, innovative and hardworking, and I couldn’t be more excited to have her join us.”