Amazon Executive to Join Pinterest as Chief Financial Officer

Pinterest Inc. has appointed Amazon veteran James Dibbo to lead its finance team as the platform works to reposition itself as a creative alternative to other social media sites.

Dibbo will join the search-and-discovery company as chief financial officer on Oct. 26 and report to Chief Executive Officer Bill Ready.

Dibbo was most recently vice president and CFO for global entertainment, advertising and corporate development at Amazon, where he oversaw finance across Amazon Ads, Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios, Music, Audible and Twitch.

In a statement Monday, he praised Pinterest’s “distinctive role at the intersection of visual search, shopping and advertising” and said it has “a compelling opportunity to help people turn inspiration into action while delivering meaningful value for advertisers.”

Ready added that Dibbo’s experience leading complex global businesses and building high-performing teams is ideal “as we continue to make Pinterest more actionable for our users and more valuable for advertisers.”

Dibbo, based in Los Angeles, will succeed Pinterest’s current CFO Julia Brau Donnelly, who is departing for a role at a private company on Oct. 30. Before his decade-long career in various leadership roles across Amazon, Dibbo was CFO of P.F. Chang’s.