Stephanie Kyoko Mckinnon

Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon is the General Counsel and Acting Chief Legal Officer of Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, where she oversees all legal, regulatory, and compliance matters across the Company’s global operations, providing strategic legal guidance on transactions, intellectual property, litigation, employment, and corporate matters.

She was previously the General Counsel at Skydance Media, where she provided key legal and strategic guidance on major corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, financing, and joint ventures, as well as oversaw corporate governance, litigation, and employment matters for the company. She also served as Co-President of Business Operations and oversaw Human Resources, Information Technology, and Facilities.

Prior to her time at Skydance, Stephanie served as Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel for VICE Media, where she oversaw legal for all of VICE’s strategic projects, including international expansion, joint ventures, market entry, investments, equity raises, and acquisitions. She was previously also the Vice President, Legal & Business Affairs for Whistle Sports, where she was responsible for the legal and business affairs, compliance, insurance, and human resources functions. She started her law career at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York City.

Stephanie holds a B.A. from Simon Fraser University and received her Bachelor of Laws degree from McGill University.