Microsoft Xbox Exec Named Activision Blizzard CFO
Microsoft veteran Dennis Durkin will join Activision Blizzard Inc. as chief financial officer, reporting to CEO Bobby Kotick and replacing interim CFO Thomas Tippl, who will continue to act as chief operating officer. Durkin had been at Microsoft since 1999, where he was vice president, COO and CFO of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB), which includes Xbox.