Perley McBride

EVP, CFO at Cox Communications

Perley McBride is executive vice president and chief financial officer for Cox Communications, and is responsible for Accounting, Financial Planning and Analysis, Business Operations, Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain, Content Acquisition and Programming, as well as Mergers and Acquisitions.

McBride joined Cox Communications in 2018 and brings over 25 years of experience in the communications industry having worked in telecom, wireless, media, and cable with both domestic and multinational companies. He brings a proven track record of helping companies achieve sustained growth in complex and competitive marketplaces and in establishing, building, and developing the finance function, acquiring new businesses, improving operations/costs, integrating people/processes/systems, transitioning organizations, capitalizing on synergies, and gaining buy-in/consensus among disparate groups.

Prior to joining Cox, McBride was the CFO of Frontier Communications. He also held CFO roles at Cable & Wireless PLC and Cricket Communications & Leap Wireless and was part of the executive teams that lead to their sales to Liberty Global PLC and AT&T respectively. McBride also served as the executive vice president of finance for The Weather Channel overseeing all finance functions and the financial performance of all entities associated with The Weather Company.

McBride holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Mount Allison University and an MBA from the University of Houston. He is active in the community, serving on the board of directors of Curing Kids Cancer. He and his wife reside in Atlanta, and they are the proud parents of three daughters.

Links

Timeline

  • EVP, CFO

    September, 2018 - present

View in org chart