Maynulet named CFO of Telemundo.

Javier Maynulet has been named Chief Financial Officer, Telemundo Communications Group, it was announced by Don Browne, President, Telemundo. Maynulet was most recently SVP, CFO Universal Media Studios & Universal Cable Productions, NBC Universal based in Los Angeles, CA.

In his new role, Maynulet will have comprehensive financial responsibility for Telemundo Group including the Telemundo Network, Telemundo Stations, cable network, digital business, international distribution and studios, reporting to Browne. He will also report functionally to Lynn Calpeter, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, NBC Universal.

Browne said, “I have had the pleasure of working with Javier in the past and I am thrilled that he is rejoining Telemundo as our CFO. His financial and strategic talent, creativity, passion, experience, dedication and spirit of teamwork makes him a perfect choice to help Telemundo deliver on its great potential.”

Maynulet will be responsible at Telemundo for overall controllership, strategic and tactical planning and analysis, as well as the short and long term financial planning process at Telemundo. He will work closely with technical and operating leadership to ensure execution of the company’s critical integration plans.

In his previous position at Universal Media Studios & Universal Cable Productions, Maynulet oversaw the financial performance for all of NBCU TV Studios productions and development playing an instrumental role in growing the TV Studios operating profit in 2008 to deliver a record performance. He also led the development and implementation of the Studio Model Amortization & Reporting Tool (SMART), a first of its kind for the TV production industry.

In 2001, Maynulet was named Director of Finance at NBC’s TV Station in Miami, coinciding with NBC’s acquisition of Telemundo. In addition, Maynulet became finance integration leader of what became the first NBC/Telemundo duopoly in the country. He moved to the Telemundo Network in 2003 to continue the integration process and later took over the FP&A function. Maynulet was nominated to GE’s Experienced Financial Leadership Program in 2003, where he completed a business project with GE Healthcare in Latin America and an audit at GE Corporate in Fairfield.