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LEAWOOD, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC, “AMC” or the “Company”) today announced the hiring of Sean Goodman, currently CFO of Fortune 500 company Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE: ABG), who will commence working with AMC as Executive Vice President – Finance on December 2, 2019. Current AMC CFO Craig Ramsey will retire on February 28, 2020, in a long-envisioned move.
During the overlap, the two executives will work closely together, and Goodman will assume the Chief Financial Officer title upon Ramsey’s retirement. The Company expects an orderly, easy and seamless transition.
After an extensive and comprehensive national search, AMC has tapped Goodman, 54, to be Ramsey’s successor. Goodman has more than 30 years of finance experience including leading Financial Planning and Analysis as well as Business Development at Home Depot in Atlanta, was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley in London and worked for Deloitte & Touche in South Africa and New York. He has U.S. public company CFO experience at Asbury Automotive Group. In addition to his almost 20 years working in the United States, Goodman has extensive international work experience in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Goodman has undergraduate and graduate degrees in business and accounting from the University of Cape Town in South Africa, an MBA from the Harvard Business School and is a CPA.
In early February, Craig Ramsey will achieve a milestone 25th anniversary in leadership roles at AMC, including having become its CFO in the year 2000. His eventual retirement has long been in the executive succession planning process for AMC.
Adam Aron, AMC CEO and President said, “I cannot thank Craig Ramsey enough for his longstanding service to AMC, and the many vital contributions he has made as one of our most key executives. Our company has greatly benefited from his distinguished career, which has been marked by integrity, ability and common sense. At the same time, I am absolutely thrilled that we have been able to attract to AMC Sean Goodman who surely will help us to propel AMC forward in the years ahead. As we recruited him to join AMC, the sharpness of his mind, his strategic clarity, his extensive international experience and authentic leadership style were all quite evident. It is a terrific outcome that we have added such a superb top tier talent to AMC’s executive team.”
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