Oct 29 (Reuters) - Netflix ( NFLX ) said on Tuesday that

Vice President of Global Public Policy Dean Garfield, and Chief

Communications Officer Rachel Whetstone are leaving the company.

The streaming platform co-CEO Ted Sarandos is seeking

candidates for a newly created role, chief global affairs

officer, to oversee public policy and communications.

A source familiar with the matter said that no one has been

identified yet for the new role. The source added that Garfield

does not have experience in communications, and that Whetstone

was not interested in the role, leading to their expected

departures.

Garfield, who joined Netflix ( NFLX ) in 2019, had previously served

as CEO of the Information Technology Industry Council and held

positions at the Motion Picture Association.

Whetstone, who has nearly two decades of experience working

on communications and policy issues for U.S. technology

companies such as Alphabet's Google, Uber ( UBER ) and

Meta Platforms' ( META ) Facebook, has served the streaming

giant since 2018.