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John (Jay) Morse Jr. is vice president finance and chief financial officer of The Washington Post Company where he has corporate responsibility for investor relations technology treasury and investment functions as well as tax audit and accounting areas. Morse joined The Post Company in July 1989 as vice president and controller and was elected to his current position in November 1989. He also serves as president of Washington Post Telecommunications Inc. and Washington Post Productions Inc.
Prior to joining The Washington Post Company Morse was a partner at Price Waterhouse an international accounting firm where he worked with publishing/media companies and multilateral lending institutions for more than 17 years. In the course of his work there he traveled extensively for clients both in the U.S. and overseas and spent one year on assignment in the London office. Morse also spent two years in the U.S. Army.
Morse is a director and chairman of the audit committee of Host Marriott Corporation and is a former director and chairman of the audit committee of Crestline Capital Corporation. He also serves on the boards of numerous civic and charitable organizations in the Washington DC area and was recognized as CFO of the Year in 2002 for his volunteer work.
A CPA Morse is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and of the Financial Executives Institute (FEI) where for the past 15 years he has served on the Committee on Corporate reporting. In addition Morse was recently appointed to a three-year term as a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council. He is the past chairman of the US Council for Financial Executives of the Conference Board.
Morse holds degrees from the University of Virginia (BA history) and the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania (MBA industrial relations and accounting). | 