Christine M. McCarthy is the Executive Vice President, Corporate Real Estate, Sourcing, Alliances and Treasurer of The Walt Disney Company. She is responsible for the companywide management of a variety of functions, including corporate finance, capital markets, financial risk management, pension and investments, risk management, global cash management, and credit and collections. She also oversees the company's global real estate organization, including development, portfolio management, corporate alliances and global sourcing and procurement, and facilities operations. Ms. McCarthy joined Disney in 2000 as Treasurer.

From 1997 to 2000 Ms. McCarthy was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Imperial Bancorp. She held various finance and planning positions at First Interstate Bancorp from 1981 to 1996. Ms. McCarthy was elected Executive Vice President in Finance for First Interstate in 1993.

Since 2010, Ms. McCarthy has served as Disney's representative on the board and audit committee of FM Global, a mutual insurance company. She was a member of FM Global's San Francisco Advisory Board from 2003 to 2010. Ms. McCarthy is an active mentor for the STEM program for the National Math and Science Initiative, which encourages and helps students, especially women, to pursue careers in science, mathematics, technology and engineering, as well as business and public policy. In 2002, she completed terms as the Treasurer and a Director of the Alumnae Association of Smith College, and as a member of the Smith College Investment Committee. She also served as a Board member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association from 1998 to 2001.

Ms. McCarthy completed her Bachelor's Degree in Biological Sciences at Smith College, where she received an award for excellence in botany, and later earned an MBA in Marketing and Finance from The Anderson School at UCLA. She was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Finance by Treasury & Risk in both 2001 and 2011.