Speaker Profile

Mike Denby
Senior Vice President / Disney Advertising Sales

Mike Denby is SVP, Sales at Disney Advertising. In this role, Denby leads the financial services and healthcare categories across Disney’s portfolio of brand’s including ABC, ABC News, Disney Channels Worldwide, Disney+, ESPN, ESPN+, Freeform, FX Networks, Hulu, National Geographic Networks, and Disney Digital, the Company’s online, mobile and social offerings. Denby works closely with leading brands across categories to develop custom solutions and offerings to drive increased ROI across the streaming and linear landscape. 

Prior to joining Disney, Denby had a nearly two-decade tenure with 21st Century Fox. As senior vice president of Advertising Sales, he led the reorganization of the sales teams, enabling them to sell across all properties. He previously led the National Geographic New York sales team. During his tenure, he received the President’s Award for Executive of the Year in 2013. 

Denby began his career with BBDO, working on the investment team representing clients like PepsiCo and General Electric, then transitioned to Electronic Arts as a Digital Account Executive before joining Fox as an Account Executive.