Viacom Names Henry T. A. Moniz Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Global Compliance and Chairman of the Compliance and Ethics Committee

Viacom Names Henry T. A. Moniz Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Global Compliance and Chairman of the Compliance and Ethics Committee

NEW YORK, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIA) (NYSE:and) (NYSE:VIA.B) today announced the promotion of Henry T. A. Moniz to the post of Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Global Compliance. Mr. Moniz, who previously served as Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Compliance, reports to Michael Fricklas, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.

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Mr. Moniz will continue to advise Viacom's senior management and Board of Directors on the Company's compliance and business ethics programs, oversee the global implementation and enforcement of compliance policies for Viacom and its divisions, including BET Networks, MTV Networks and Paramount Pictures, and chair its worldwide compliance and ethics committee.

"Over the past four years, Henry has played a key role in developing and rolling out Viacom's ethics programs around the world. This has been a period of rapidly changing perceptions about the public place of corporations and the rules that apply to us have similarly adapted," said Mr. Fricklas. "Henry's promotion reflects the importance of ethical and preventative law to our organization, and Henry's key role in keeping these issues front and center and the programs up to date. It also reflects Henry's stature inside and outside our organization."

Mr. Moniz joined Viacom in 2004 from Bingham McCutchen in Boston, where he served as a litigation partner. His duties at Bingham McCutchen included advising companies on compliance programs. Mr. Moniz served on the firm's Hiring Committee and its Diversity Committee.

Prior to joining Bingham McCutchen, Mr. Moniz advised and assisted Democratic Members of Congress as Minority Counsel to the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States House of Representatives during the inquiry on the impeachment of President Clinton. Previously, he worked in the U.S. Department of Justice as an Assistant United States Attorney.

Mr. Moniz earned a B.A., cum laude, from Bowdoin College and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He currently serves on the Bowdoin College Board of Trustees.

About Viacom

Viacom, consisting of BET Networks, MTV Networks and Paramount Pictures, is the world's leading entertainment content company. It engages audiences on television, motion picture and digital platforms through many of the world's best known entertainment brands, including MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, Harmonix, Nickelodeon, Noggin, Nick at Nite, AddictingGames, Neopets, COMEDY CENTRAL, Spike TV, TV Land, AtomFilms, Gametrailers, BET, Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks and Paramount Vantage. Viacom's global reach includes approximately 150 channels and 300 online properties in 160 countries and territories.

For more information about Viacom and its businesses, visit www.viacom.com.

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