Gary E Knell to Succeed Declan Moore as Nat Geo Partners CEO
Gary E. Knell will replace Declan Moore as Nat Geo Partners CEO, the board announced Friday.
Knell, who has served as president and CEO of the National Geographic Society since 2014, will succeed Moore effective March 1. Moore has held the role since Nat Geo Partners’, a joint venture between 21st Century Fox and the Nat Geo Society, formation 2015.
“I’m grateful for the 23 years I’ve dedicated to this extraordinary organization, and am so proud of the teams, the businesses and the brands that we have developed and nurtured in that time. It’s been immensely rewarding working so closely with Peter and Gary and am happy to be leaving NGP in their extremely capable hands,” Moore said in a statement.