Netflix has appointed Peter Rice as its new Chief Content Officer, effective October 26, 2026. He will replace Bela Bajaria, who is leaving the company after nearly 10 years. Rice will lead Netflix’s global content team and oversee its films, scripted and unscripted series, live events and other content across all regions.

According to an official announcement by Netflix today, Rice will take charge of the company’s global content operations. Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos thanked Bajaria for her contribution to the platform, saying she helped expand its content offerings to include unscripted programmes, live events and sports, along with its global films and series.

Rice most recently served as Chairman of Walt Disney Television and Chairman of General Entertainment at The Walt Disney Company. In these roles, he oversaw ABC, FOX Broadcasting, Fox Sports, ABC News, ABC Studios, Disney Channel, Freeform, FX Networks, Hulu, National Geographic, Onyx Collective, Disney Television and Twentieth Century Fox Television.

Earlier, Rice served as President of 21st Century Fox and CEO of Fox Networks Group. He was also Fox’s lead executive on the Hulu board. Before that, he served as President of Fox Searchlight Pictures, which released films such as ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, ‘Juno’, ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ and ‘Sideways’.

Rice also worked as Executive Vice President of Production at Twentieth Century Fox. During this period, he worked on films including ‘Moulin Rouge’, ‘Romeo + Juliet’ and ‘The Beach’, and served as the supervising creative executive on the first ‘X-Men’ film. He graduated from the University of Nottingham in 1989 and serves on the boards of the Motion Picture and Television Fund and the Edinburgh International Film Festival.