WARNER Bros. has found its new communications chief.

Johanna Fuentes, who most recently served as executive vp communications at Showtime, has been tapped to fill the void created in February when Dee Dee Myers departed following a five-year run. Fuentes will serve as exec vp worldwide corporate communications and public affairs and will report to Warner Bros. CEO Ann Sarnoff. She will begin her new role May 4 and be based at Warner Bros.’ global headquarters in Burbank.

In her new role, Fuentes will oversee all of the company’s corporate communications strategies and activities on a worldwide basis, including media relations, executive communications, corporate responsibility and philanthropy. A replacement for her at Showtime has yet to be determined and will be announced at a later date.

“Johanna is a seasoned executive who brings strategic communications experience, solid media relationships and a sophisticated knowledge of the entertainment landscape to Warner Bros.,” Sarnoff said Monday in a statement. “As we navigate this next chapter of the evolution of our company, I look forward to relying on her expertise as an integral part of my executive team.”

Fuentes joins Warners from ViacomCBS-backed Showtime, where she has spent the past decade rising through the ranks before taking over the premium cabler’s top PR job and reporting directly to its former network CEO turned CBS Corp. chief creative officer David Nevins and former CBS Corp. communications chief Gil Schwartz. Schwartz, who worked closely with ousted CBS chairman Leslie Moonves, retired in late 2018.

(SD-Agencies)