Netflix’s Chief Product Officer Neil Hunt Exiting After 18 Years

Greg Peters will assume the role of chief product officer at Netflix in July, taking over the post from Neil Hunt, who has led the product team for the last 18 years.

Peters most recently led international development efforts from the Netflix office in Tokyo since 2015. In his nine years at Netflix, Peters has held positions overseeing product engineering and business development and in his role leading Netflix Japan, marketing and content licensing and creation.

“When I first met Greg nine years ago, I knew he was an especially gifted engineer and entrepreneur,” said Hunt. “I’m delighted to be leaving the Netflix product organization in such great shape and in such good hands.”

“Neil has been an amazing leader who uniquely brings together analytical rigor, deep engineering chops, human warmth and a wry sense of humor,” said Peters. “I’ve been lucky to have him as my mentor.”

“Greg and Neil have collaborated through the years to make the Netflix experience all over the world absolutely incredible,” said Reed Hastings, Netflix’s co-founder and CEO. “I look forward to having Greg take on this role and to celebrate with Neil our 100 millionth member.”

Separately, Netflix announced that Chief Talent Officer Tawni Cranz, who joined the company in 2007, is leaving the company to pursue other interests.

“Over the last decade, Tawni has played a formative role in developing our business culture as well as developing an amazing talent team,” said Hastings. “We deeply appreciate her contributions.”