Gerard Devan

Gerard Devan is Group Executive of The Walt DIsney APAC team and a senior executive within The Walt Disney Company (Australia, NZ and The Pacific). He is responsible for the APAC prime-time program creation for content such as Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars™, National Geographic and Star among other programmatic content on Cinema, Television, Streaming and other multi-media platforms. Disney has formed a unique alliance with strategic partners for content creation and distribution. Gerard manages those partnerships within Online, Television, Cinematic and related providers which are shared across the APAC and global regions. Disney partners with Telstra Exchange, Amazon Prime, Free to Air Network Television and the Cinema Networks for delivery sharing complex commercial partnerships across Australia and the globe. Gerard’s team in Disney leads the management of those strategic partnerships generating much of the region's multi-billion-dollar revenues.

Disney+ brings you the best stories in the world and offers something for everyone, from family essentials and exclusive originals. The Disney APAC team is responsible for maintaining those distribution contracts. The team’s key remit is building strategic partnerships including the Disney Plus - 20th Century Fox acquisition, Telstra Exchange partnership, Amazon Primer global partnership, government relations portfolio among other enterprise and government partners.

Gerard is a graduate of the University of Wollongong with two undergraduate degrees and a postgraduate degree completed over the years in the ICT, Communications, Science and technology fields. Gerard is currently completing a Law Degree at The University of Sydney.