EA taps Microsoft executive as new chief financial officer

FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with the Electronic Arts logo is seen in front of a displayed character from the Battlefield 2042 game in this illustration taken September 16, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

(Reuters) -Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc named Microsoft executive Chris Suh as its new chief financial officer on Monday, replacing Blake Jorgensen.

Suh is currently serving as corporate vice president and CFO of Microsoft's Cloud + AI group since January 2018. Prior to that, he was the general manager of Investor Relations at the company for five years.