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CFO Moves – week ending December 6, 2019

Posted on December 9, 2019 Written by Dergel CFO Admin Leave a Comment

CFO Moves this week include:

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.	Secureworks	Avalara, Inc.
KKR & Co. Inc.	Alation Inc.	EpicentRx, Inc.
Flowserve Corporation	Iteris, Inc.	Repare Therapeutics
Builders Insurance Group	Venture Metals International	Precision Optics Corporation
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	America First Multifamily Investors, L.P.	Hi-Crush Inc.
Innovative Cellular Therapeutics	Kenna Security	RAPT Therapeutics, Inc.
ClubCorp Holdings Inc.	AlgoSec	Aspen Group Inc.
Reeds, Inc.	Boulevard	LYNKD
Expedia Group	Capstone Turbine Corporation	The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
SparkCognition	Zenoss Inc.	Origin USA
N2 Biomedical	Berlin Packaging L.L.C.	Africa Asset Finance Company
Jerash Holdings (US), Inc.	Cognoa	Harborside Inc.

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Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. [HAWTHORNE, NY] (NYSE: TARO) announced that it has accepted the resignation of its Chief Financial Officer, Mariano Balaguer, effective January 3, 2020.

Paul Parrish

Secureworks [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: SCWX) announced the appointment of Paul Parrish as its new Chief Financial Officer. Parrish joins Secureworks from CIOX Health LLC, where he served as CFO. Parrish succeeds Wayne Jackson who has served as CFO of Secureworks for more than four years. Jackson’s planned move was announced in March, and he will stay on to assist in the transition through the end of the company’s fiscal year 2020. Before joining CIOX, he was CFO of Brightree LLC, and he was previously CFO of S1 Corporation.

Avalara, Inc. [SEATTLE] (NYSE: AVLR) announced that its chief financial officer (CFO), Bill Ingram, will retire March 31, 2020, and he will join the Board of Directors. Ingram will be succeeded as CFO by Ross Tennenbaum, Avalara’s executive vice president of strategic initiatives. Tennenbaum’s experience was built over a 10-year investment banking career at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, including working with Avalara for more than five years and leading its IPO in 2018.

KKR & Co. Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: KKR) announced that Robert H. Lewin will be appointed Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective January 1, 2020. Lewin will succeed William (“Bill”) J. Janetschek who will be retiring from KKR at the end of the year. Since joining KKR in 2004, Lewin has held a number of positions. These include as an investor in private equity, helping launch KKR’s Asia business, co-leading the firm’s credit and capital markets businesses, and serving as Treasurer and Head of Corporate Development with oversight of KKR’s balance sheet. For the last two years, Lewin served as Head of Human Capital & Strategic Talent. Prior to joining KKR, Lewin was at Bear Stearns & Company. Lewin currently serves on the board of Answer the Call.

Alation Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, CA] announced the appointment of Eric Chan as Chief Financial Officer. Chan brings more than two decades of senior financial leadership to the company, having served as CFO at Optymyze, Formation Data Systems and Syncplicity by EMC, where he was responsible for the spinout to Skyview Capital. Prior to Syncplicity by EMC, Eric has also held various leadership positions at SuccessFactors and VMware. The CFO role at Alation had previously been held by Max Ochoa, who will continue as the company’s General Counsel.

EpicentRx, Inc. [LA JOLLA, CA] announced the appointment of Franck Brinkhaus, Ph.D., as Chief Financial Officer. Dr. Brinkhaus is CEO & Founder of Biotech Alliances International, Inc. Previously, Dr. Brinkhaus was Managing Director of Woodside Capital Partners.

Flowserve Corporation [DALLAS] (NYSE: FLS) announced that John E. (Jay) Roueche, III, Flowserve’s vice president, treasurer and investor relations, assumed the role of interim chief financial officer. Roueche’s appointment follows Lee S. Eckert’s departure from Flowserve as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Roueche has served as vice president, treasurer and investor relations, since October 2012. In addition, he served as Flowserve’s interim chief financial officer from February 2017 to October 2017. Prior to joining Flowserve, Roueche served in progressive accounting and finance roles with a variety of multinational companies.

Iteris, Inc. [SANTA ANA, CA] (NASDAQ: ITI) announced that Douglas L. Groves joined the company as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently, Groves served as vice president, CFO and treasurer of Ducommun, Inc., having joined the company in January 2013. Through December 2012, Mr. Groves held the position of corporate vice president and chief information officer at Beckman Coulter, following a series of financial roles at the company beginning in January 1998. Prior to joining Beckman Coulter, Groves was corporate controller of a privately held civil engineering firm, and senior auditor and consultant at Deloitte & Touche. Groves will replace Andy Schmidt, whom Iteris has appointed as a senior advisor.

Repare Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, MA and MONTREAL, QUEBEC] announced that Steve Forte is appointed as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Forte was CFO of Clementia Pharmaceuticals until its recent sale to Ipsen. His experience includes nearly a decade at Aptalis Pharma Inc., where he was responsible for the overall corporate controllership function. Prior to Clementia, Steve was CFO of Thinking Capital Financial Corporation.

Builders Insurance Group [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Ellen G. Smith to the role of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Smith was currently serving as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis with Builders. Smith served as interim CFO over the last eight months. Smith joined Builders in 2010 as Financial Reporting Manager before assuming her most current position as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis. Prior to joining Builders, Smith served as Audit Manager within the Insurance Practice at KPMG.

Venture Metals International [DALLAS] announced that it has appointed Michael (“Mike”) Ramirez as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Venture Metals, Ramirez was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Strategic Materials, Inc. Before that, Ramirez was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PSC, LLC.

Precision Optics Corporation [GARDNER, MA] (OTCQB: PEYE) announced the promotion of Daniel Habhegger to Chief Financial Officer. Habhegger initially joined Precision Optics in September 2019 as Director of Finance. Habhegger will succeed Don Major. Habhegger has held positions of Accounting Supervisor, Controller, Director of Financial Planning & Analysis and CFO for various companies including, SmartBear Software, AgaMatrix, Inc., and Weather Services International (an IBM Business).

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts [PARSIPPANY, NJ] (NYSE: WH) announced that David B. Wyshner has decided to step down as Chief Financial Officer, and move into a senior advisory role until March 1, 2020. The Company announced the promotion of its Treasurer and Executive Vice President, Michele Allen, to succeed Wyshner as CFO. Allen, who began her career at Deloitte & Touche, is a 20-year veteran of Wyndham Hotels, Wyndham Worldwide and Cendant Corporation – having been the global Senior Vice President of Finance and Controller for the former Wyndham Hotel Group, and Senior Vice President of Finance for Wyndham Worldwide.

America First Multifamily Investors, L.P. [OMAHA, NE] (NASDAQ: ATAX) announced that Craig S. Allen informed of his intent to retire and leave the Partnership in his capacity as its Chief Financial Officer on December 31, 2019. The Partnership appointed Jesse A. Coury, the Partnership’s current Corporate Controller, to serve as the Partnership’s interim Chief Financial Officer, effective on January 1, 2020. Coury has served as the Partnership’s Corporate Controller since 2017.

Hi-Crush Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: HCR) announced that Laura C. Fulton, Chief Financial Officer, will resign as Chief Financial Officer and principal financial and accounting officer of the Company effective December 31, 2019. Phil McCormick, Vice President of Finance has been appointed by the Board of Directors to the role of Chief Financial Officer and principal financial and accounting officer effective January 1, 2020. McCormick joined Hi-Crush in August 2018. Prior to joining Hi-Crush, McCormick served in various senior level positions at KBR, Inc. from 2009 to 2018, including Vice President of Finance and Treasurer. Prior to that, he -held various senior level roles at LyondellBasell from 1998 to 2009, including Director, Internal Controls. McCormick began his career as an Audit Manager at Coopers & Lybrand in 1990.

Innovative Cellular Therapeutics (ICT) [ROCKVILLE, MD] announced the appointment of Morten Marott, who joined ICT as Chief Financial Officer in July 2019. Before joining ICT, Marott was Chief Financial Officer of Veloxis Pharmaceuticals A/S. Previously, Marott was a senior investment banker in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Deutsche Bank in New York. Prior to this, he was with the Healthcare Investment Banking Groups of RBC Capital Markets and Citigroup.

Terry Murphy

Kenna Security [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] named Terry Murphy as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Murphy was CFO of WhiteHat Security. He also led Finance at WhiteHat, Luminate, and GoBeam.

RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] (NASDAQ: RAPT) announced the appointment of Rodney Young as chief financial officer. Most recently, he served as chief financial officer of Cellerant Therapeutics, Inc. Previously, he served as chief financial officer and vice president of finance and administration of StemCells, Inc. Earlier in his career, he was an investment banker at Lehman Brothers and SG Cowen.

Andrew Lacko

ClubCorp Holdings Inc. [DALLAS] announced the appointment of Andrew Lacko as Chief Financial Officer. Lacko joins ClubCorp from Regis Corporation where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since July 2017. Before joining Regis Corporation, Lacko served as Sr. Vice President of Global Financial Planning and Analysis and Corporate Development at Hertz Global Holdings. Prior to Hertz Global Holdings, Lacko held positions of increasing Financial Planning and Analysis, Corporate Development and Investor Relations responsibilities at First Data Corp., Best Buy, UnitedHealth Group and Northwest Airlines.

AlgoSec [RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ] announced the appointment of Ilan Erez as Chief Financial Officer and General Manager. Most recently, he served as GM of 3D Systems’ software business unit. Prior to that, he spent a decade with Cimatron Ltd. as CFO and VP Operations before their acquisition by 3D Systems. Earlier in his career, he was CFO and VP Operations of Silicom Ltd., a controller of Biodar Ltd. and auditor for Kesselman & Kesselman (a member of PwC).

Aspen Group Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: ASPU) announced that it has named Frank J. Cotroneo Chief Financial Officer. Cotroneo has been a Board member of Aspen Group since 2018 and served as Chair of its Audit Committee. Cotroneo previously served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Netspend (currently a subsidiary of Global Payments Inc.), as well as Chief Financial Officer of Acxiom Corporation (currently LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.), H&R Block, and MasterCard International Inc.

Reed’s Inc. [NORWALK, CT] (NASDAQ: REED) announced the appointment of Thomas J. Spisak as Chief Financial Officer. Spisak held numerous positions in multiple divisions of Diageo, most recently serving as Vice President of Finance and Controller of North America. Previously, he held positions of Vice President of Commercial Finance, Director of Business Performance and Senior Finance Director of Marketing and Innovation Decision Support, as well as other roles in finance. Prior to Diageo, Spisak served at International Masters Publishers, Inc. Joann Tinnelly, who served as Interim Chief Financial Officer during the transition, will resume her role as Vice President and Corporate Controller of Reed’s Inc. and take on an expanded role in Finance and Corporate Strategy reporting directly to the CFO.

Greg Wookey

Boulevard [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Greg Wookey as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Boulevard, he served as the CFO for Inbenta. Before Inbenta, he spent nearly seven years at MINDBODY, Inc., where he served as the CFO and SVP of Merchant Processing Division.

LYNKD [MOUNT LAUREL, NJ] named Bob Daglian as Chief Financial Officer. Daglian began his career with Holman Enterprises, more than 35 years ago and has held a wide-range of financial and accounting positions across the organization’s various subsidiaries including ARI and Auto Truck Group. Daglian joins LYNKD from Flexdrive, a joint venture between Holman Enterprises and Cox Automotive, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Expedia Group [SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: EXPE) announced the resignation of Alan Pickerill as CFO. Eric Hart, the Company’s Chief Strategy Officer, will serve as acting CFO.

Capstone Turbine Corporation [VAN NUYS, CA] (NASDAQ: CPST) announced the appointment of Frederick (Eric) Hencken III, the Company’s current Interim Chief Financial Officer, to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective as of January 1, 2020. Hencken will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, and principal financial officer and principal accounting officer of the Company. Hencken was appointed to Interim Chief Financial Officer of Capstone effective October 1, 2019. Mr. Hencken has served as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer since April 2019 and served as the Company’s Controller from October 2017 to April 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Hencken held various roles in Finance and Accounting with InnoVista Sensors, previously Custom Sensors and Technologies, Inc., from 2012 to 2017. While employed at InnoVista Sensors, Mr. Hencken’s various roles included the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, International Controller, and Director of Finance and Administration, North America. Prior to InnoVista Sensors, Hencken served as the Manager of Financial Reporting from 2008 to 2011 and Director of Financial Reporting in 2012, for THQ Inc. Prior to THQ Inc., Hencken was employed by McGladrey, LLP, from 2001 to 2008.

Aparna Ramesh

The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) [WASHINGTON] (NYSE: AGM) announced the selection of Aparna Ramesh as its Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, starting January 6, 2020. Ramesh joins Farmer Mac with over two decades of financial experience, most recently with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, where she served in increasingly complex and senior finance roles culminating in her appointment as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Boston Fed, Ms. Ramesh spent ten years in commercial banking at M&T Bank and Cambridge Savings Bank in roles spanning product management, asset-liability management, and profitability.

SparkCognition [AUSTIN, TX] announced that Jeffrey R. Lass has joined the company’s executive team as Chief Financial Officer. Lass has over 25 years of leadership experience in finance and operations with companies including GE Oil and Gas, Dover Corporation, Dresser, Inc., Pavilion Technologies, Trilogy Software, and PwC.

Matt Bates

Zenoss Inc. [AUSTIN, Texas] announced Matthew Bates as the company’s new chief financial officer. Prior to joining Zenoss, Bates spent more than 17 years at Rackspace. Most recently, he served as chief operating officer (Americas). Prior to Rackspace, Bates was an investment banker in North America and Asia for Deutsche Bank.

Origin USA [FARMINGTON, ME] announced that Don Miller has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Miller joins Origin USA after having served a nine-year tenure with BackOffice Associates (now “Syniti”), where he served in multiple leadership positions of increasing responsibility, including Controller, Director of Financial Operations, and Vice President of Corporate Planning and Analysis. Don also recently served as Interim CFO with Glivinski & Associates. Prior to BackOffice Associates, Don was an integral member of the financial and operational leadership teams at TDS Telecom, and GTE Corporation, where he held multiple positions of increasing responsibility in Finance, Treasury, Accounting, and Internal Audit.

N2 Biomedical [BEDFORD, MA] announced the appointment of Heidi DeGrazia to the role of Chief Financial Officer. DeGrazia has worked extensively in both the healthcare and manufacturing industries, including financial leadership positions at Avantor, Integra Companies, and Access TCA.

Berlin Packaging L.L.C. [CHICAGO] announced Amath Fall has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Fall most recently acted as the CFO for FleetPride. Prior to FleetPride, he served as CFO for several distribution companies including Ryan Herco Flow Solutions and Performance Team.

Africa Asset Finance Company [NEW YORK and DUBAI, United Arab Emirates and ADDIS ABBABA, Ethiopia] announced the appointment of Christine D. Gagnon as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Gagnon served as a Director at Ernst & Young LLP in various leadership roles, including CFO and COO of EMEIA Financial Crime and COO of Financial Services Africa. She also held leadership positions at OneWest Bank, N.A., serving as First Vice President in the Offices of the CEO and Vice Chairman, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, as a Senior Manager.

Jerash Holdings (US), Inc. [ROCHESTER, NY] (NASDAQ: JRSH) announced the appointment of Gilbert K. Lee as Chief Financial Officer. Lee previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Fuling Global Inc., from August 2015 until November 2019. Previously, from August 2011 through May 2015, Lee served Tanke Biosciences Corporation, first as its U.S.-based Chief Financial Officer and then as its Vice President of Business Development. He has also served as Director of Finance at Two’s Company, and as Director of Finance and Marketing at Essilor of America. Early in his career, Lee served as a Plant Controller for a roofing materials manufacturer.

James (Jim) H. Welch

Cognoa [PALO ALTO, CA] announced that James (Jim) H. Welch has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Welch comes to Cognoa from Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, where he served as CFO. Prior to Eiger Pharmaceuticals, Welch was CFO at AcelRx. He also worked at Rigel Pharmaceuticals.

Harborside Inc. [OAKLAND, CA and TORONTO, Ontario] (CSE: HBOR) announced that it has appointed Tom DiGiovanni as Chief Financial Officer. Keith Li will remain with the Company as the Vice President of Finance. DiGiovanni most recently was a founding partner and the CFO at Canndescent. Prior to joining Canndescent, DiGiovanni served in multiple executive roles in finance and operations, including as CFO of Mainstream Energy.

CFO Moves – week ending November 29, 2019

Posted on December 2, 2019 Written by Dergel CFO Admin Leave a Comment

CFO Moves this week include:

Luna Innovations Incorporated	Intersect ENT, Inc.	Grid Dynamics International, Inc.
Hostess Brands, Inc.	Airgain, Inc.	HanesBrands
Segra	Axcella Health	Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.
GE	Fuling Global Inc.	Owl Labs
Iron Mountain Incorporated	DASAN Zhone Solutions, Inc.	ReneSola Ltd.
Penumbra, Inc.	CentralSquare Technologies

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Luna Innovations Incorporated [ROANOKE, VA] (NASDAQ: LUNA) announced that Gene Nestro will join the company effective December 2, 2019 and will be named as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Nestro will succeed current CFO Dale Messick, who has agreed to assist the company through mid-2020 to ensure a smooth transition. Nestro comes to Luna from Cree, Inc., where he held the position of Vice President, Corporate Finance. Prior to Cree, Mr. Nestro worked in senior finance positions at TE Connectivity, Arthur Anderson, LLP and Ernst & Young, LLP.

Intersect ENT, Inc. [MENLO PARK, CA] (NASDAQ: XENT) announced the appointment of Richard A. (Randy) Meier as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Meier previously served as the Chief Financial Officer and senior executive of Owens & Minor, Inc., including as President-International and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Owens & Minor from 2013 to 2018, and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2013 to 2015. Prior to joining Owens and Minor, Meier served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Teleflex, Inc., from 2010 to 2012. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., from 2007 to 2009, when the company was acquired as a wholly owned subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories. Meier joined Advanced Medical Optics, as Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2002 and continuously served as Chief Financial Officer while simultaneously performing in a variety of finance and operations roles between 2002 and 2007. Meier also worked for ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc., now Bausch Health, from 1998 to 2002, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and as Treasurer. Meier serves on the board of BioMarin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he is Lead Independent Director.

Grid Dynamics International, Inc. [SAN RAMON, CA] announced the appointment of Anil Doradla as Chief Financial Officer. Doradla most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Airgain, Inc., from February 2018 until November 2019. Prior to Airgain, Doradla was an equity research analyst at William Blair from June 2008 through January 2018. Prior to William Blair, Doradla held a range of senior finance, strategy and technology roles with Caris and Company, Deutsche Bank AG, AT&T Labs, and LCC International.

Hostess Brands, Inc. [KANSAS CITY, MO] (NASDAQ: TWNK, TWNKW) announced that Tom Peterson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, transitioning to the newly created role of Executive Vice President, Strategy and M&A. Brian Purcell will join the Company as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. These changes are effective January 6, 2020. Most recently Purcell served as Chief Financial Officer of Rawlings Sporting Goods. Prior to this, for nearly ten years, Mr. Purcell held both field and corporate senior and executive finance leadership roles at PepsiCo across multiple segments of its businesses, culminating in a Regional Chief Financial Officer position for a multi-billion dollar business in North America. Earlier in his career, Mr. Purcell worked in finance at Argosy Gaming Company.

Airgain, Inc. [SAN DIEGO, None] (NASDAQ: AIRG) announced that Anil Doradla, Chief Financial Officer, left the company to pursue other opportunities.

HanesBrands [WINSTON-SALEM, NC] (NYSE:HBI) announced that Chief Financial Officer Barry A. Hytinen has notified the company of his decision to leave Hanes to accept another career opportunity outside of the apparel industry. Hytinen will continue to serve as Hanes chief financial officer until the end of the fiscal year, Dec. 28, 2019.

Peter Zarrella

Segra [CHARLOTTE, NC] announced that Peter Zarrella has joined the company and will serve as its Chief Financial Officer. Zarrella served as Senior Vice President at Lightower Networks and most recently as Vice President of Finance – Fiber for Crown Castle’s Fiber Division. In addition, Peter has served in accounting and finance roles at Honeywell and Serono Laboratories.

Axcella Health [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: AXLA) announced that it has appointed Laurent Chardonnet as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Chardonnet joins the company following a 15-year tenure at Incyte Corporation. While at Incyte, Chardonnet served as Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer as well as the Head of Finance and Administration for the company’s European division. Most recently he was Incyte’s Vice President of Alliances. Prior to Incyte, Chardonnet served as Controller, Vice President of Finance and acting Chief Financial Officer of DrugAbuse Sciences, and as a senior consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He began his career working within the finance organizations at Guerbet Biomedical and Sanofi-Aventis.

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. [SYRACUSE, NY] (NASDAQ: TAST) announced that it has appointed Anthony “Tony” E. Hull as the Company’s Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer effective January 2, 2020. Tim LaLonde will continue serving as our Interim CFO until January 2, 2020 when Tony will start as CFO and will serve in a transitionary role for a period of time after January 2, 2020. Hull most recently served a Senior Advisor on corporate strategy and capital markets projects at Realogy Holdings Corp. and previously was the company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer from 2006 to 2018. Previously, Hull served as Executive Vice President, Finance at Cendant Corporation from 2003 to 2005. Earlier in his career, Hull was Head of Finance, Accounting and IT at DreamWorks, LLC from 1996 to 2003; Chief Financial Officer at King World Productions, Inc. from 1994 to 1995; and Corporate Vice President, Financial Planning at Paramount Communications, Inc. from 1990 to 1994. He began his career at Morgan Stanley & Co. in the mergers and acquisitions department, where he served as Associate and later Vice President from 1984 to 1990. Hull currently sits on the Board of Directors for Landis Technologies.

Carolina Dybeck Happa

GE [BOSTON] (NYSE:GE) announced that Carolina Dybeck Happe, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GE, effective in early 2020. Dybeck Happe spent 16 years at Assa Abloy, including seven as CFO. She also serves on the Boards of Directors of E.ON and Schneider Electric.

Fuling Global Inc. [WENLING, China and ALLENTOWN, PA] (NASDAQ: FORK) announced that Gilbert Lee has relinquished his position as Chief Financial Officer and will remain with Fuling Global as a consultant. Mr. Lee had been CFO since before the Company’s initial public offering in 2015. The Company also announced it has named Meihong Pan as Fuling Global’s interim CFO.

Owl Labs [BOSTON] announced that John Stevens has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Owl Labs, Stevens held the roles of Head of Finance at Skycatch, Consulting CFO at Brenner Group and CFO at BitYota Inc. Stevens held a nearly 15-year tenure at Yahoo! as VP of Price and Yield Management and Finance Operations.

Iron Mountain Incorporated [BOSTON] (NYSE: IRM) announced that Barry A. Hytinen has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2020. Hytinen will succeed Stuart Brown, who will be stepping down from the CFO role on December 31, 2019 to pursue other interests. Hytinen has served as HanesBrands’ Chief Financial Officer since October 2017. Prior to joining HanesBrands, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Tempur Sealy International, Inc. He also served in a range of finance, corporate development, financial planning and investor relations roles at Tempur Sealy, including Corporate Development and Finance. Before joining Tempur Sealy, Hytinen served as Chief Financial Officer of Fogbreak Software. Earlier in his career, he held finance and corporate development positions at Vignette and General Electric Company.

DASAN Zhone Solutions, Inc. [OAKLAND, CA] (NASDAQ: DZSI) announced that Tom Cancro has been appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. He recently served as Controller of GE Research, General Electric’s technology research and IP-licensing business unit. Prior roles include executive positions at Verizon, including Chief Financial Officer of Verizon’s joint venture with AT&T and Deutsche Telekom, and an executive role in Verizon’s Treasury organization. Tom also served as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of GFI Group, Inc., and as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller of MasTec, Inc.

ReneSola Ltd. [STAMFORD, CT] (NYSE: SOL) announced that Mr. Ke Chen was appointed to serve as Chief Financial Officer. Chen will continue to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Xiaoliang Liang, who had served as Chief Financial Officer since June 2018, left ReneSola to pursue other opportunities. Chen He has over 13 years of experience in the global capital markets, including investing in solar industry in China. Prior to joining Shah Capital, Ke worked in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, and was an inventor that holds four patents.

Penumbra, Inc. [ALAMEDA, CA] (NYSE: PEN) announced the appointment of Maggie Yuen as CFO of Penumbra. Lambert Shiu, who joined Penumbra in 2015 prior to the company’s IPO and most recently served as VP of Finance, will be promoted to chief accounting officer. Most recently, Yuen was at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. serving as Vice President, Finance of the Genetic Science Division. Prior to Thermo Fisher, Yuen held leadership positions with increasing responsibility at Mirion Technologies, and senior finance roles at Boston Scientific, Glu Mobile, and Johnson & Johnson.

CentralSquare Technologies [LAKE MARY, FL] announced the appointment of Todd Dooley as chief financial officer. Dooley joins CentralSquare from BDP International, where he served as CFO. Prior to BDP, Dooley held a leadership role at H&R Block. Additional leadership roles include senior vice president at Ceridian, and ultimately became division CFO for the U.S. business; senior finance manager at IBM; and earlier at 3M where he held roles in audit and accounting.

CFO Moves – week ending November 22, 2019

Posted on November 25, 2019 Written by Dergel CFO Admin Leave a Comment

CFO Moves this week include:

Office Depot, Inc.	JAKKS Pacific, Inc.	Middlefield Banc Corp.
OneStream Software	Civeo Corporation	Computer Services, Inc.
MercuryGate International, Inc.	ServiceNow	Cutera, Inc.
AVITA Medical	1955 Capital	The Doctors Company
Trimble	Algolia	Reiter Affiliated Companies
TalentGuard	AutoNation, Inc.	Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc.
Pure Storage	SharpSpring, Inc.	Entera Bio Ltd.
Mercurys Coffee Co.	Button	PatientPop
Motion Recruitment Partners	Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.	Shutterstock, Inc.

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Office Depot, Inc. [BOCA RATON, FL] (NASDAQ: ODP) announced that Joseph T. Lower, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is leaving the company, effective January 10, 2020, to assume the role of chief financial officer at AutoNation, Inc.

John Kimble

JAKKS Pacific, Inc. [SANTA MONICA, CA] (NASDAQ: JAKK) announced the appointment of John Kimble as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Kimble worked for over 12 years in various VP / leadership positions at The Walt Disney Company covering Finance, Strategy, Operations, and Business Development. More recently, Kimble spent six years at Mattel, Inc. where he held several positions, including Vice President & Head of Corporate Development, Licensing Acquisitions, M&A. In between his service at Disney and Mattel, John spent a couple of years as an entrepreneur at a start-up gaming company. He began his career as a consultant for Mars & Co.

Middlefield Banc Corp. [MIDDLEFIELD, OH] (NASDAQ: MBCN), the holding company of The Middlefield Banking Company, announced that Michael C. Ranttila has been named Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer of The Middlefield Banking Company. Ranttila has served as Senior Vice President of Finance of the Bank since October, 2017. Ranttila replaces Donald L. Stacy as Chief Financial Officer of the Bank. Mr. Stacy will continue to serve as Executive Vice President and Treasurer of the Bank, as well as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer of MBCN. Ranttila first joined the Bank as Controller, in March 2011 and has extensive experience in financial reporting. Ranttila previously worked for Crowe as an auditor of community banks.

Bill Koefoed

OneStream Software [ROCHESTER, MI] appointed Bill Koefoed its new Chief Financial Officer. Before joining OneStream, Koefoed was the CFO for online retailer Blue Nile and prior to that a partner and the CFO for BCG Digital Ventures – part of The Boston Consulting Group. He also served as CFO for Puppet Inc. He was the CFO of Microsoft’s Skype Division and before that, the general manager for investor relations at Microsoft. He is currently a board member and the audit committee chair for Bank OZK.

Civeo Corporation [HOUSTON & CALGARY] (NYSE: CVEO) today announced that Carolyn J. Stone, currently the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, has been appointed to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Civeo. Frank C. Steininger will remain with Civeo until his retirement in March 2020. Prior to joining Civeo, Stone served as the CFO of Synagro Technologies Inc. Prior to Synagro, Ms. Stone served in multiple roles at Dynegy Inc., including Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer. She started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where she worked in the firm’s audit practice.

Computer Services, Inc. (CSI) [PADUCAH, KY] (OTCQX: CSVI) announced that Brian K. Brown has been appointed the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer. Brown previously served as Senior Vice President of Finance at CSI. He replaces Andras Q. Bende who announced plans to pursue other career opportunities. Before joining CSI, Brown served as Vice President, Finance & Accounting Manager for FCB Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Farmers Capital Bank Corp. He previously served as an internal auditor for Farmers Capital Bank and a Financial Institutions Examiner for the Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions.

MercuryGate® International, Inc. [CARY, NC] announced that Mark Huebeler will join the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently he was Vice President of Finance at Valassis Digital. Prior to that he worked in LexisNexis’s Legal Software Solutions division as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and then as CFO and Chief Operations Officer (COO). Earlier in his career, Huebeler held progressively responsible positions in accounting and finance operations at Red Hat, Nortel Networks and Constellation Energy. He began his career as an Auditor at Deloitte.

Gina Mastantuono

ServiceNow [SANTA CLARA, CA] (NYSE: NOW) announced that Gina Mastantuono will join ServiceNow as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 13, 2020. Mastantuono joins the company from Ingram Micro, where she served as Chief Financial Officer. Since 2016, she has served as CFO of Ingram Micro. Prior to Ingram Micro, Mastantuono was Revlon’s SVP, chief accounting officer, controller and international CFO from 2007 to 2013. Mastantuono also held various executive finance roles at InterActiveCorp., and Triarc Companies, Inc. She began her career at Ernst & Young in the entrepreneurial services group.

Cutera, Inc. [BRISBANE, CA] (NASDAQ: CUTR) announced the appointment of Fuad Ahmad to the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer. Ahmad is a partner at FLG Partners.

AVITA Medical [VALENCIA, California] (ASX: AVH, NASDAQ: RCEL) announced the appointment of David McIntyre as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Interim CFO Tim Rooney will continue in his role as AVITA Medical’s Chief Administrative Officer. Most recently, McIntyre served as a Partner with Apple Tree Partners (ATP). At ATP Mr. McIntyre was responsible for ATP’s medical device portfolio, together with various operating and Board functions, including acting as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Technical Operations at Braeburn, Inc. Prior to ATP, Mr. McIntyre was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at HeartWare® International, Inc. Prior to HeartWare, Mr. McIntyre practiced as a senior attorney in private practice specializing in corporate, mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets with Baker & McKenzie and KPMG as well as holding various senior financial roles in multi-national companies, including within the Rio Tinto Group of companies.

Jim Hinson

1955 Capital [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced that Jim Hinson joined as Chief Financial Officer. Jim Hinson is currently the Venture Capital Practice Lead at Greenough Consulting Group (GCG), and a consulting CFO for several firms, including 1955 Capital. Prior to GCG, Hinson was the COO of Rogers Venture Partners. Before that, he led the financing and accounting teams at Tenaya Capital, Lehman Brothers, and APV Technology Partners. In addition, Hinson served on the board of eight portfolio companies.

Marco Vanderlaan

The Doctors Company [NAPA, Calif.] announced the promotion of Marco Vanderlaan to chief financial officer (CFO) and chief risk officer. Vanderlaan has held a variety of senior leadership positions with The Doctors Company for 18 years, most recently serving as senior vice president, business assessment, a role he has held since 2010. He has also held executive positions in finance, reinsurance, and strategic planning. Vanderlaan succeeds David Preimesberger, who assumes new roles as senior vice president for strategic planning and chief ethics officer. Prior to his service with The Doctors Company, Vanderlaan was vice president of finance for Move.com (now Move, Inc.) and a senior manager with Deloitte & Touche (now Deloitte).

Trimble [SUNNYVALE, CA] (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced that David G. Barnes will be joining Trimble on December 2, 2019 and will serve as its chief financial officer (CFO) effective January 4, 2020. Barnes served as CFO at MWH Global Inc. Following the sale of MWH to Stantec Inc., Barnes assumed operational responsibility for Stantec’s businesses outside North America. Prior to being CFO at MWH, Barnes held financial leadership positions at Western Union, Coors, and YUM Brands. He began his career as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company.

Algolia [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that appointment of Iain Hassall as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Algolia as CFO, Hassall spent nine years at Zuora, where he held several roles including VP of Finance and Head of Sales Operations and Strategy. Hassall also spent 15 years with KPMG’s audit and assurance practice, in both the U.S. and Australia.

Kyle Bunstein

Reiter Affiliated Companies [OXNARD, CA] announced the appointment of Kyle Bunstein as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Bunstein most recently served as the Vice President, Treasurer.

TalentGuard [AUSTIN, TEXAS] announced that Pete Pearson has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Previously he was Director of the Startup Services Division at Bridgepoint Consulting. Pearson brings 20+ years of varied experience in financial management, business leadership and corporate strategy.

AutoNation, Inc. [FORT LAUDERDALE, FL] (NYSE: AN) announced that Joseph Lower, has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective January 13, 2020. Most recently, Mr. Lower served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Office Depot, Inc. Prior to joining Office Depot, Mr. Lower served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at B/E Aerospace, Inc. He held a number of management level positions at The Boeing Company, including Vice President – Business Development and Strategy and also served in numerous positions of increasing seniority within the investment banking industry.

Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc. [BELOIT, WI] (OTCQX: BHWB) announced that Matthew McDonnell has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Blackhawk Bank. McDonnell began his career in public accounting, working for Grant Thornton, LLP. He was most recently with a larger regional bank where he held various positions in finance and operations.

Kevan Krysler

Pure Storage [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] (NYSE: PSTG) announced that Kevan Krysler will join the company as CFO in early December. Krysler joins Pure from VMware, where he has served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to VMware, he was a partner with KPMG.

SharpSpring, Inc. [GAINESVILLE, FL] (NASDAQ: SHSP) announced that Brad Stanczak will step down from his position as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company, effective December 2, 2019, and will be replaced by Michael Power. Prior to his appointment, Power was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for ConnectWise. Prior to that, Power served as Vice President and Controller for CHUBB, formerly ACE Limited.

Entera Bio Ltd. [BOSTON AND JERUSALEM] (NASDAQ: ENTX) announced that it has established a U.S. Headquarters in the Boston area and has hired Jonathan Lieber as its U.S.-based CFO. Lieber currently serves as a managing director of Danforth Advisors, and most recently served as CFO of Histogenics (NASDAQ: HSGX). He additionally held the roles of CFO for Metamark Genetics and CFO and Treasurer of Repligen. Previously, Jon was an investment banker for ten years at Cowen and Salomon Brothers.

Mercurys Coffee Co. [BELLEVUE, Washington] announced the appointment of Richard Sariraksa as Chief Financial Officer. In the past, he has served as Chief Financial Officer for several companies in the Seattle area; most recently as Director of Operations and CFO for KGF Holdings.

Ken Stelzer

Button [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Ken Stelzer as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Ken was the Chief Financial Officer of Zocdoc, prior to which he served as CFO of Bankrate and Integreon.

PatientPop [SANTA MONICA, CA] announced Nick Bellomo as Chief Financial Officer. Bellomo previously served as Chief Financial Officer at AOL and most recently at Tastemade.

Motion Recruitment Partners [BOSTON] announced that it has hired Brad Page as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Motion Recruitment Partners, Page was with Randstad USA where he spent the last 22 years leading the finance function beginning with IT staffing company, Vedior, before ultimately being acquired by Randstad where he last held the position of Senior Vice President of Finance.

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. [BOSTON] announced that Daniel Cunha has joined the farmer-owned cooperative as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Cunha joins Ocean Spray from Tangram Partners where he was a Co-Founder. Prior to co-founding Tangram, Cunha was CFO of two businesses at Kraft Heinz (i.e., CFO of Heinz North America prior to Kraft’s acquisition, and later CFO of Beverages and Snack Nuts BU after Kraft’s acquisition). Before joining Kraft Heinz, Cunha worked at GP Investments and McKinsey and Company.

Jarrod Yahes

Shutterstock, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: SSTK) announced Jarrod Yahes is joining the Company as Chief Financial Officer, effective December 9th, 2019. Since October 2016, Yahes has served as the Chief Financial Officer at Zeta Global. Previously, he was the Chief Financial Officer at Jackson Hewitt, and he has served in multiple capacities at ExlService Holdings, where he advanced to Senior Vice President, Controller. Earlier, Yahes worked at Citi in the Global Technology Investment Banking group and started his career with Ernst & Young LLP.

CFO Moves – week ending November 15, 2019

Posted on November 18, 2019 Written by Dergel CFO Admin Leave a Comment

CFO Moves this week include:

Banc of California, Inc.	Ingram Micro Inc.	Sema4
Moog Inc.	SilverBow Resources, Inc.	The Trade Desk
Munich Reinsurance America, Inc.	National Health Investors, Inc.	Regis Corporation
Weatherford International plc	Vireo Health International, Inc.	The J. M. Smucker Company
Sgsco	Aflac Incorporated	Donor Alliance
Rakuten Medical, Inc.	Gevo, Inc.	BenchPrep
EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	CytoDyn Inc.	Pfenex, Inc.
CPI Aerostructures, Inc.	Midland States Bancorp, Inc.	Health Insurance Innovations, Inc.
NBT Bancorp Inc.	EVO Payments, Inc.	Suuchi Inc.
Podium	Health Alliance Plan	First Choice Bancorp
Workhorse Group Inc.	Mesirow Financial

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Banc of California, Inc. [SANTA ANA, CA] (NYSE: BANC), the holding company for Banc of California, N.A., announced the appointment of Lynn M. Hopkins as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank, effective December 9, 2019. Ms. Hopkins succeeds Executive Vice President and CFO John Bogler, who resigned from the Company effective November 13, 2019. Mike Smith, the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, has been appointed interim CFO until Ms. Hopkins joins the Company on December 9, 2019. Hopkins joins the Company from First Choice Bank, located in Cerritos, California. From 2002 to 2017, Hopkins served as Executive Vice President of PacWest Bancorp and Pacific Western Bank, the subsidiary bank of PacWest Bancorp, in a number of finance and corporate governance leadership roles. Hopkins served as Chief Accounting Officer of PacWest from 2014 to 2017, as Chief Financial Officer of Pacific Western Bank from 2002 to 2014, as Corporate Secretary from 2009 to 2014, and as a Director of Pacific Western Bank from 2002 to 2006. Earlier in her career, Ms. Hopkins held senior finance positions at California Community Bancshares and Western Bancorp. She began her career as a CPA with KPMG in Los Angeles and London.

Ingram Micro Inc. [IRVINE, CA] announced the promotion of Mike Zilis as Ingram Micro’s next executive vice president and CFO, effective January 1, 2020. Zilis will succeed Gina Mastantuono, who is leaving to take the role of CFO for a US publicly traded company. Zilis currently serves as Ingram Micro executive vice president and group president of Asia Pacific. Prior to this role, he served as executive vice president and group president with oversight for the company’s operations in Latin America, Eastern Europe, ASEAN and Hong Kong markets. Zilis also previously led the company’s Latin American Technology Solutions business as executive vice president and president Latin America. Zilis joined Ingram Micro in 2006 as senior vice president and corporate controller. Prior to joining Ingram Micro, Zilis was vice president and corporate controller for Avnet, Inc.

Joel Sendek

Sema4 [STAMFORD, CT] announced the appointment of Joel Sendek as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Sendek served as Chief Financial Officer at Spero Therapeutics for more than two years and held the same position at Forward Pharma the three years before that. He spent more than 15 years as a senior equity research analyst at Stifel Financial Corp. and Lazard. Prior to his career in equity research, Sendek worked as a Senior Director of Corporate Development at Progenics Pharmaceuticals and as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Moog Inc. [EAST AURORA, NY] (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B) announced that Donald R. Fishback, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has announced his intention to retire as CFO effective January 2, 2020. He will continue to serve as a director on Moog’s Board, a position he was first elected to in 2015. Moog’s Directors elected Jennifer Walter Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective January 2, 2020. She currently holds the position of Vice President – Finance, and previously held the role of Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. She joined Moog in 2000 after working as a certified public accountant for KPMG.

SilverBow Resources, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: SBOW) announced the resignation of the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, G. Gleeson Van Riet, effective November 11, 2019. Effective November 12, 2019, the Company appointed Christopher M. Abundis as Chief Financial Officer in addition to his existing duties at SilverBow. Accordingly, Mr. Abundis will now serve as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company. Abundis has served in progressive roles of responsibility at SilverBow after joining the Company in 2005, most recently as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since March 2017. Through the course of his employment at SilverBow, he has served the Board of Directors as Secretary and managed the Company’s Legal, Human Resources and Corporate Services departments. Prior to beginning his legal career, Abundis worked for KPMG LLP.

The Trade Desk [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: TTD) announced the retirement of its Chief Financial Officer, Paul Ross, and the appointment of Blake Grayson to succeed him. Grayson joins The Trade Desk from Amazon.com, where he most recently was Vice President, Finance, for the International Consumer business, as well as worldwide finance teams for Automated Marketing, Kindle Content/Books and Global Payments. Over more than a decade at Amazon, he also led finance for the company’s worldwide Marketplace business, and various finance functions for North America Consumer, Amazon Web Services and Global Payments. Prior to Amazon, he worked for Washington Mutual/JP Morgan Chase leading Payments finance and FP&A functions, and previously worked in the wireless and financial services industries.

Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. [PRINCETON, NJ] announced that Oliver Horbelt has been named Chief Financial Officer. Since 2015 Horbelt has served as head of Munich Reinsurance America’s Capital Partners Americas business unit. Horbelt joined Munich Re in 2009 as a Senior Executive Manager responsible for the organization’s global center of competence for retroactive reinsurance based in Munich, Germany. In the past, Horbelt has held a number of leadership roles including President and CEO of Centre Solutions, Principal at ILS Solutions, Managing Director at Swiss Re, and Analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston.

National Health Investors, Inc. [MURFREESBORO, TN] (NYSE: NHI) announced that it appointed John L. Spaid, its current Executive VP of Finance, as Chief Financial Officer. Spaid joined NHI in March 2016 with over 30 years of experience in private equity, real estate, finance and senior housing. Previously, Spaid was with Emeritus Senior Living as their Senior Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis from 2012 to 2014. Prior to Emeritus, Spaid was an independent financial consultant from 2010 to 2011. He also served as the CFO of a regional assisted living and memory care provider in Redmond, Washington from 2008 to 2009.

Regis Corporation [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: RGS) announced the appointment of Kersten D. Zupfer as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Zupfer will replace Andrew H. Lacko, who is leaving the Company for another opportunity. Zupfer has served in accounting and finance roles of increasing leadership at Regis for more than 12 years. Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since November 2017, prior to which she served as Vice President, Corporate Controller, Chief Accounting Officer since December 2014.

Weatherford International plc [HOUSTON] (OTC PINK: WFTIQ) announced that Christoph Bausch stepped down as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to pursue other opportunities. Stuart Fraser, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, will serve as the interim Chief Financial Officer until January 6, 2020, when the new Chief Financial Officer will begin. Fraser joined Weatherford in 2015 and has served in various senior financial roles including Vice President and Corporate Controller and Vice President of Finance and Purchasing, Sourcing and Logistics. Prior to joining Weatherford, he served a 19-year career with Schlumberger Ltd., where he held senior financial positions in global and regional capacities. Christian Garcia has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective January 6, 2020. Garcia recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Visteon Corporation, and served as a board member of Keane Group. Prior to these roles, he served as acting Chief Financial Officer of Halliburton, where he held a variety of leadership positions of increasing responsibility.

Vireo Health International, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (CNSX: VREO; OTCQX: VREOF) announced that Shaun Nugent will be joining as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) on December 2, 2019. Nugent has previously served as the CEO and CFO of several major private and public companies, including Life Time Fitness, AllOver Media, Champps Entertainment, and Sun Country Airlines. The Company’s current CFO, Amber Shimpa, will be assuming a newly created role of Chief Administrative Officer. Ms. Shimpa will continue to serve on Vireo’s Board of Directors and as a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee.

Tucker Marshall

The J. M. Smucker Company [ORRVILLE, Ohio] (NYSE: SJM) announced that Mark Belgya, Vice Chair and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has communicated his decision to retire September 1, 2020. Following a comprehensive internal and external search, Tucker Marshall, Vice President, Finance, has been elected to succeed Belgya as CFO. Effective November 25, 2019, Marshall will become Senior Vice President and Deputy CFO and an elected Officer of the Company. He will succeed Belgya following the completion of the current fiscal year on May 1, 2020. Belgya will continue as Vice Chair until his retirement, ensuring a seamless transition. Marshall joined the Company in 2012 following a career in investment banking and private equity. During his tenure at Smucker, he has established a leadership role in the finance organization, with responsibility for corporate accounting and financial reporting, accounting shared services and technology solutions, internal audit and compliance, financial planning and analysis, and investor relations.

Sgsco [LOUISVILLE, KY] announced that the company has appointed Jim Bresingham as the new chief financial officer effective November 18, 2019. Steve Goertz will step down as chief financial officer to pursue other career interests. Bresingham joins sgsco from Truck Hero, Inc., where he was chief financial officer. Before joining Truck Hero, Jim was chief financial officer at Pampered Chef. Prior to Pampered Chef, Bresingham held a number of roles at Sirva Worldwide, Inc., including vice president of business development (mergers & acquisitions), chief accounting officer and ultimately chief financial officer.

Aflac Incorporated [COLUMBUS, GA] (NYSE: AFL) announced that Frederick J. Crawford, who currently serves as executive vice president and chief financial officer, will be promoted to president and chief operating officer of Aflac Incorporated. Max K. Brodén, who currently serves as senior vice president; deputy chief financial officer and treasurer of Aflac Incorporated, will be promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer of Aflac Incorporated. These changes will become effective January 1, 2020. Brodén joined Aflac in 2017 as senior vice president and treasurer, bringing more than 15 years of experience and leadership managing global financial and insurance portfolios. Earlier this year, he was promoted to senior vice president; deputy chief financial officer and treasurer of Aflac Incorporated. Before joining Aflac, Brodén served as senior portfolio manager at Norges Bank, managing an equity portfolio of global financial and insurance stocks.

Donor Alliance [DENVER] announced Matt Lovetro as its new chief financial officer. Before joining Donor Alliance, Lovetro served as director of finance at United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) for 16 years. Prior to UNOS, he held positions in the hospitality and healthcare industries.

Rakuten Medical, Inc. [SAN MATEO, CA] appointed Brenton Keath as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Keath previously served as head of Finance for Rakuten Commerce. During his tenure at Rakuten USA, Inc., he also built and led the company’s post-merger integration team as its VP of Mergers & Acquisitions Integration. Earlier in his career, Keath held M&A and financial positions at KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Gevo, Inc. [ENGLEWOOD, CO] (NASDAQ: GEVO) announced the appointment of Lynn Smull to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Smull is expected to start in this new role effective December 16, 2019. Prior to joining Gevo, Mr. Smull most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of One Energy Enterprises, LLC. Mr. Smull has thirty years of finance and commercial experience on corporate, investment banking, and private equity platforms including Calpine Corporation, Bank of America, Salomon Brothers, and Bechtel.

Varvara Alva

BenchPrep [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Varvara Alva as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Alva was the Vice President, Treasurer, Head of Investor Relations at Gogo and helped lead its IPO in 2013. Prior to Gogo, Alva played a significant role with eCollege.

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [WATERTOWN, MA] (NASDAQ: EYPT) announced the appointment of George O. Elston as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development. Elston most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development at Enzyvant Therapeutics. He previously was President and Chief Executive Officer at 2X Oncology, Inc. He has also held senior executive roles at Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc. KBI Biopharma and Optherion, Inc. Elston began his career in public accounting at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

CytoDyn Inc. [VANCOUVER, WA] (OTC.QB: CYDY) announced the appointment of Craig S. Eastwood as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He joined CytoDyn in April 2019, and previously served as its Vice President and Controller. Michael Mulholland, the Company’s previous CFO, will remain at CytoDyn and will report to Eastwood in a newly created role of Senior Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining CytoDyn, Eastwood was a CFO for two publicly traded startup companies. He started his career as an auditor at Deloitte. His experience includes over three years at PPD, a formerly publicly traded global Contract Research Organization, where he served as Director of Accounting and later led the Investor Relations function.

Pfenex, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] Pfenex Inc. (NYSE American: PFNX) announced that Susan Knudson has resigned for personal reasons from her role as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, but will continue to support the company by providing transition services until February 1, 2020.

CPI Aerostructures, Inc. [EDGEWOOD, NY] (NYSE American: CVU) announced the appointment of Dan Azmon as Chief Financial Officer effective November 18, 2019, replacing Vincent Palazzolo, who has left the Company. Most recently, Azmon served as vice president, controller, and principal accounting officer of L3 Technologies, Inc. until the merger between L3 and Harris Corporation, now L3Harris Technologies, Inc. Before joining L-3 in 2000, Azmon held a number of financial management and financial reporting positions at ASARCO Incorporated and Salomon Brothers, Inc., and was a manager in the audit practice at Coopers & Lybrand LLP.

Midland States Bancorp, Inc. [EFFINGHAM, IL] (NASDAQ: MSBI) announced that Eric T. Lemke has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Midland States Bank, its wholly-owned subsidiary. Lemke joined Midland in 2018 as Director of Assurance and Audit. Immediately prior to joining Midland he was the Chief Financial Officer of Metropolitan Capital Bancorp, Inc. and Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust, located in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to that he was a partner in the Financial Services Practice of RSM US LLP, having first joined RSM in 1993.

Health Insurance Innovations, Inc. [TAMPA, FL] (NASDAQ: HIIQ) announced the planned transition from Michael Hershberger as Chief Financial Officer to Erik Helding. Hershberger will continue to be employed with HIIQ until December 31, 2019 to assist with the transition. Helding is now Chief Financial Officer. Helding was most recently the Chief Financial Officer at CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO). Prior to that, he served in various financial leadership positions at CNO. He joined CNO in 2004 as Director of Finance for Bankers Life and Colonial Penn. Prior to joining CNO, Mr. Helding held finance positions with GE Capital from 1999-2004.

NBT Bancorp Inc. [NORWICH, NY] (NBT) (NASDAQ: NBTB) announced that John V. Moran has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining NBT, he was Senior Vice President and Director of Corporate Development & Strategy for Old National Bancorp. He was previously employed by Macquarie Securities from 2010 to 2017 and, prior to that, by Cohen & Company and Ryan Beck & Co. Moran is succeeding Michael J. Chewens, who is retiring following a successful 25-year career with the company. Chewens will continue to be employed by NBT through March 31, 2020 and will assist with the transition.

EVO Payments, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: EVOP) announced that Tom Panther has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Panther joins EVO after working for over 19 years at SunTrust Banks, Inc. where he served in numerous leadership roles including Chief Accounting Officer, Corporate Controller, Director of Corporate Finance, and Head of Capital Planning & Analysis.

Suuchi Inc. [CARLSTADT, NEW JERSEY] announced the appointment of Mark Herman as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Herman served as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer & Secretary at Folio Dynamics Inc. Before that, Mr. Herman worked to scale companies across technology, product development, and SaaS software industries at companies such as Ringleader Digital Inc., mFormation Technologies, Inc., and PWC.

Rick Hasselman

Podium [LEHI, UT] announced the appointment of Rick Hasselman as Podium’s first Chief Financial Officer. Hasselman most recently served as VP of Finance and Operations for Sumo Logic. Prior to Sumo Logic, he served in several roles at Google including leading large acquisitions and divestitures and working with CapitalG, Google’s growth equity investment arm. Before Google, Hasselman was a director at PwC.

Laurie Doran

Health Alliance Plan [DETROIT] named Laurie Doran senior vice president and chief financial officer. During her career, she served as chief financial officer and chief customer officer of BMC HealthNet Plan. She also spent 12 years at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care in Massachusetts, where she led a variety of finance teams including medical economics, actuarial systems, reporting and analysis. Earlier in her career, she held positions at the Department of Veterans Affairs/ Veterans Health Administration, Group Health Incorporated, The Bristol Group, Inc. and Massachusetts General Hospital.

First Choice Bancorp [CERRITOS, CA] (Nasdaq Capital Markets: FCBP) announced that Lynn M. Hopkins, Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from the Company and First Choice Bank in order to accept a position with another financial institution based in California. The Company also announced that Diana Hanson, Chief Accounting Officer for the Company and First Choice Bank, has been promoted to interim Chief Financial Officer. Hanson has over 25 years of experience in corporate accounting for the financial services industry, including as the SVP/Director of Accounting Policy at Pacific Western Bank, and has served as First Choice’s Chief Accounting Officer since 2019.

Workhorse Group Inc. [CINCINNATI] (NASDAQ: WKHS) announced that Paul Gaitan has stepped down from his position as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company. In the interim Workhorse Controller Greg Ackerson has assumed operating responsibilities of the CFO on an interim basis.

Mesirow Financial [CHICAGO] announced that Natalie Brown has been named Chief Financial Officer. Natalie also serves on the firm’s Board of Directors. Natalie joins Mesirow from Nuveen where she served as Managing Director, Head of Nuveen Advisory Services Finance. Prior, she worked at Kraft Foods and KPMG in accounting and finance roles.

CFO Moves – week ending November 8, 2019

Posted on November 11, 2019 Written by Dergel CFO Admin Leave a Comment

CFO Moves this week include:

Retail Value Inc.	NortonLifeLock	Pulse Biosciences, Inc.
Ekos	Applicaster	Cresset
Guess?, Inc.	SITE Centers Corp.	Canterbury Group
BioDuro, LLC	Legacybox	AppLovin
Bluebird Network, LLC	CBD Brands	Entertainment Studios, Inc.
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.	Qualcomm Incorporated	Optoro
Natural Gas Services Group, Inc.	CorMedix, Inc.	Kaleido Biosciences
AK Steel	Astec Industries, Inc.	Cognition Therapeutics, Inc.
Penn Virginia Corporation	Reeds, Inc.	MGT Consulting Group
Farmer Bros. Co.	TreeHouse Foods, Inc.	FGL Holdings
Rhapsody International Inc.	Truckstop.com	Inkling
McDermott International, Inc.	Offerpad	SeQuel Response

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Retail Value Inc. [BEACHWOOD, OH] (NYSE: RVI) announced the resignation of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Matthew Ostrower, effective on November 27, 2019, to pursue a new opportunity. Following his departure, Christa Vesy will serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer. Vesy has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of RVI since February 2018 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of SITE Centers Corp., the parent of RVI’s external manager, since March 2012. Prior to joining SITE Centers, Vesy worked for The Lubrizol Corporation, where she served as manager of external financial reporting and then as controller for the lubricant additives business segment. Prior to joining Lubrizol, from 1993 to September 2004, Vesy held various positions with the Assurance and Business Advisory Services group of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, including Senior Manager from 1999 to September 2004.

NortonLifeLock [TEMPE, AZ] (NASDAQ: NLOK) announced that Vincent Pilette, NortonLifeLock’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Matthew Brown, NortonLifeLock’s Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer. Brown joined Symantec in October 2015 and has held multiple positions in the finance team of increasing leadership before becoming the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer in January 2019. Prior to that, he served as Symantec’s Vice President, Finance from August 2016 to January 2019 and as Vice President, Corporate Controller of Blue Coat, Inc. from October 2015 until Symantec acquired that company in August 2016. Previously, he served in various positions at NETGEAR, Inc., a computer networking hardware company, from 2010 to October 2015, most recently as Senior Director, Assistant Controller.

Pulse Biosciences, Inc. [HAYWARD, CA] (NASDAQ: PLSE) announced that Sandra (“Sandy”) Gardiner will be joining as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective November 18, 2019. Brian Dow has elected to resign as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to pursue other interests, he will continue as CFO until November 18, 2019 and will continue with the Company in a transitional role until December 31, 2019. Gardiner was most recently Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Cutera, Inc. Prior to that, Gardiner served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tria Beauty, Inc. Prior to these roles, Gardiner held a series of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer positions with both publicly traded and privately held companies.

Ekos [CHARLOTTE, NC] announced the addition of Chief Financial Officer Chris Rosbrook to its executive team. Rosbrook joins Ekos from MapAnything, where he served as CFO. Prior to MapAnything, he served as managing director at Piper Jaffray Companies, and spent nine years at Edgeview Partners. He began his career at MAGMA Foundry Technologies, Inc.

Applicaster [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Bennett Theimann as Chief Financial Officer. Theimann started his career in traditional media at Gruner+Jahr. Prior to Applicaster, Theimann was the CFO at Conductor, having also served as COO, and subsequently CEO, of the global mobile display company, Mojiva.

Cresset [CHICAGO]announced that Michael Costabile has been named as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Cresset Asset Management, an SEC registered investment advisor. Costabile joins Cresset as CFO of Cresset Asset Management after most recently serving as CFO of Moneta Group. Prior to that role, he was the CFO and Chief Human Resources Officer of Intalere (formerly Amerinet).

Guess?, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NYSE: GES) announced that Katie Anderson has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective December 2, 2019. Anderson will replace Sandeep Reddy, who will be leaving the Company on December 1, 2019. Ms. Anderson joins Guess? from California Pizza Kitchen (CPK), where she has served as Chief Financial Officer since November 2016. Between 2010 and 2016, Anderson held other finance roles at CPK including Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance and Senior Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis. After leaving CPK in February 2016 to become the CFO of Sprinkles Cupcakes, she returned to CPK as its CFO. Anderson began her career in investment banking at Citi and then Moelis & Company.

SITE Centers Corp. [BEACHWOOD, OH] (NYSE: SITC) announced the resignation of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Matthew Ostrower, effective on November 27, 2019, to pursue a new opportunity. Following his departure, Ostrower will be replaced by Conor Fennerty, who joined SITE Centers in April 2017, serving since then as Senior Vice President of Capital Markets.

Canterbury Group [GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands & DALLAS, Texas] announced the addition of Scott Mills as Chief Financial Officer. Mills joins Canterbury from Dean Foods, where he spent the past four years as Vice President of Commercial Finance. Mills has experience leading finance, accounting and supply chain operations in private-equity owned companies, including working as CFO for Genesis Today and as Vice President of Finance and Operations at Advanced Beauty. Mills began his finance career at PepsiCo’s Frito Lay division, where he spent 12 years in roles of increasing responsibility, lastly as Director of Operations Finance, Strategy and Sustainability. Mills previously also held financial posts at Radio Shack and Brinker International. Mills will be based out of the company’s newly-established office in Dallas, Texas.

BioDuro, LLC [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Jeffery Blazevich as the new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining BioDuro, Jeff was the CFO for Zest Dental Solutions. From 2008 to 2013, he served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller for DJO Global. Prior to DJO Global, Jeff held CFO positions at Vativ Technologies Inc. Staccato Communications, and Applied Micro Circuits Corporation.

Legacybox [CHATTANOOGA, TN] announced it has promoted Emily Holesinger to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Holesinger, who has nearly 15 years’ experience across finance and accounting, joined Legacybox earlier this year as Controller. Prior to joining Legacybox, Holesinger served as the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at U.S. Xpress, Inc.

AppLovin [PALO ALTO, CA] announced that Herald Chen joined the company as President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and remains on the AppLovin board. Chen was most recently head of Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) in the Americas at KKR, where he led the firm’s investment in AppLovin. He rejoined KKR in 2007, having previously worked for the firm from 1995 to 1997, and served as Chairman of the Board for several companies, including BMC, Epicor Software, Optiv Security and Mitchell International. In addition to AppLovin, Chen will continue to serve on the Board of Directors of WebMD, Internet Brands, GoDaddy, Teach for America-Bay Area and the University of Pennsylvania’s Management and Technology Program. His operational experience includes roles as CEO of ACMI Corporation and Co-founder and CFO of Jamcracker, Inc.

Bluebird Network, LLC [COLUMBIA, MO] welcomed Carla Cooper as its new Chief Financial Officer. Cooper will play a key role in the strategic direction of Bluebird and will oversee all aspects of finance. She is a versatile leader bringing three decades of experience across various industries and is dedicated to supporting the vision, values and culture that leads to success. Cooper previously served Fidelity Communications Co. as the Vice President of Finance/CFO and Director of Regulatory Accounting. She also serves on the Board of Directors of EMPAQ Group Inc. and the Sullivan Educational Foundation.

CBD Brands [JUPITER, FL] announced that it has hired Douglas McKinnon as CFO. Before joining the company, McKinnon served in multiple c-level executive positions in both the private and public sectors, including Chairman, CEO and CFO.

Reid Sullivan

Entertainment Studios [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Reid Sullivan as Chief Financial Officer of Allen’s motion picture division, Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures. Sullivan comes directly to Entertainment Studios after 11 years as Chief Financial Officer of CBS Films. Sullivan started his career in the audit division of Arthur Andersen & Company. He then served as Director of Financial Operations for the Sony’s Columbia Pictures, and then as Vice President and Controller for Sony’s Columbia Tri-Star Film Distributors International unit. More recently, Sullivan held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment.

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. [LAKE SUCCESS, NY] (NASDAQ: HAIN) announced Javier H. Idrovo is joining the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective December 2, 2019. Prior to joining Hain Celestial, Mr. Idrovo held leadership positions at The Hershey Company, serving most recently as Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to becoming Chief Accounting Officer, he served in the roles of Senior Vice President, Finance and Planning as well as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development. Prior to joining The Hershey Company, Idrovo held roles of increasing responsibility at Dole Food Company, Inc. including Chief Financial Officer and then President of Dole Packaged Foods. Earlier in his career, Mr. Idrovo worked at The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. Idrovo will succeed James Langrock, who has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer for the past several years.

Qualcomm Incorporated [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced the appointment of Akash Palkhiwala as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Palkhiwala has been serving the Company as interim CFO since August. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and finance lead for QCT. Palkhiwala joined Qualcomm in 2001 and has held a variety of roles in Finance, including Treasurer and lead for Corporate Finance overseeing Qualcomm’s overall financial planning and analysis.

Optoro [WASHINGTON] announced the addition of Katy McCarthy as Chief Financial Officer. McCarthy, Optoro’s new CFO, was previously CFO and then Chairman and CEO of Geeknet (GKNT), the parent company of ThinkGeek.com. McCarthy previously spent 18 years at GE, rising to the executive ranks running corporate audit and also was the CFO of GE Healthcare.

Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. [MIDLAND, Texas] (NYSE: NGS) announced that G. Larry Lawrence, the Company’s Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary will retire from the Company effective November 15, 2019. He will also relinquish his position as Principal Accounting Officer. Coincident with the retirement of Larry Lawrence, the NGS Board of Directors has appointed James (“Jim”) R. Lawrence as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company, effective November 16, 2019. Mr. Lawrence will also assume the role as Principal Accounting Officer. Jim Lawrence joined the Company on October 1, 2019. Previously, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Bold Energy III LLC. Prior to joining Bold, Mr. Lawrence served as Vice President-Finance and Treasurer for Legacy Reserves LP, from 2010 to 2014. Prior to joining Legacy, Mr. Lawrence worked for nine years in investment banking, including the last six years in the Energy Investment Banking Group at Raymond James & Associates, where he served as a Vice President. (James R. Lawrence is not related to G. Larry Lawrence).

CorMedix Inc. [BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.] (NYSE American: CRMD) announced that the Company and Robert Cook, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, have mutually agreed not to renew his employment agreement, which expires on January 31, 2020.

Kaleido Biosciences, Inc. [LEXINGTON, MA] (NASDAQ: KLDO) announced the appointment of William Duke as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective November 25, 2019. Duke joins Kaleido from Pulmatrix, Inc. where he has been CFO. Prior to Pulmatrix, he served as CFO of Valeritas, Inc. Duke also was senior director of finance at Genzyme Corporation, and director of finance/accounting at Haemonetics Corporation. Earlier in his career he held CFO positions at G8wave, and OTF Group, Inc.

Christopher Ross

AK Steel [WEST CHESTER, Ohio] (NYSE: AKS) said that Jaime Vasquez, Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, will retire effective November 30, 2019. Christopher J. Ross, AK Steel Vice President and Treasurer, has been named Vice President, Treasurer and Interim Chief Financial Officer. Chris was named Vice President and Treasurer in January 2018. Prior to that role he served as Treasurer since 2016 and General Manager, Cash Management since 2012. Chris has served in a number of financial and strategic roles since joining the company over 20 years ago, including strategic planning, financial planning and analysis, products and marketing, investor relations and accounting. He began his AK Steel career in 1997 as a Cost Accountant at Middletown Works. Outside of his AK Steel career, Chris served as Director of Investor Relations for Omnicare, Inc. and held Credit and Portfolio Manager positions with U.S. Bank and J.P. Morgan.

Astec Industries, Inc. [CHATTANOOGA, TN] (NASDAQ: ASTE) announced that Rebecca Weyenberg will join the company as Chief Financial Officer, effective December 4, 2019. Weyenberg succeeds David Silvious, who will be leaving the Company at the end of the year to pursue other interests. Prior to joining Astec, Weyenberg served as VP Global Financial Operations at Welbilt Inc. Prior to joining Welbilt, Weyenberg led Business Transformation efforts at the AGCO Corporation as its Vice President, Global Processes, Standard and Shared Services.

Cognition Therapeutics, Inc. [PITTSBURGH] announced that James M. O’Brien has joined the Company as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Cognition, he served as the executive vice president of finance at Enzo Biochem, Inc. Before Enzo, O’Brien was vice president and corporate controller at Actavis PLC (now Allergan, Inc.). Earlier in his career, he held positions with increasing responsibilities at life sciences companies including Nycomed and Bristol-Myers Squibb, and spent close to a decade at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Penn Virginia Corporation [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: PVAC) announced that Russell T. Kelley, Jr. has been named Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer effective November 13, 2019. Kelley previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. Prior to joining Extraction Oil & Gas, Mr. Kelley ran the Oil & Gas practice of Moelis & Company. Prior to that, he worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he was a Senior Vice President.

Reed’s Inc. [NORWALK, CT] (NASDAQ: REED) announced the departure of Chief Financial Officer Iris Snyder, who is leaving the Company to pursue another opportunity, and the appointment of Joann Tinnelly as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Tinnelly has served as Vice President and Corporate Controller of Reed’s Inc. since July 2018. Prior to joining Reed’s she served at Assistant Controller of Steel Excel, Inc. a subsidiary of Steel Partners Holdings. Tinnelly also served as Vice President Financial Planning & Analysis and as Assistant Corporate Controller at USI Insurance Services, Assistant Vice President of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group, served in multiple financial roles at Momentive Performance Materials and financial auditing at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Carla Luke

MGT Consulting Group [TAMPA, FL] announced that Carla Luke has joined MGT as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining MGT, Luke worked at Vector Solutions as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Vector Solutions, Luke served as the CFO at Greenway Health. Prior to her nearly 14 years with Greenway Health, Luke worked in financial leadership roles at Comdial Corporation, Vicorp, and Danka Business Systems after starting her career in public accounting with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Farmer Bros. Co. [NORTHLAKE, TX] (NASDAQ: FARM) announced the appointment of Scott Lyon as interim principal financial and accounting officer. David Robson has departed the Company. Lyon joined Farmer Brothers in August 2018 as its Assistant Controller and has served in the role of Corporate Controller since October 2018. Prior to joining the Company, Lyon served as Assistant Controller of ION Geophysical, from April 2016 to August 2018. Prior to that, Lyon served as SEC Reporting Manager from September 2013 to April 2016, of Ensco Plc.

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. [OAK BROOK, IL] (NYSE: THS) announced that William J. Kelley, Jr., currently Senior Vice President, Corporate and Operations Finance, has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer of TreeHouse. He replaces Matthew Foulston, who after a three-month transition period will be pursuing other career opportunities. Kelley joined TreeHouse in 2016 as Corporate Controller. He was previously Head of Global Audit for Kraft Heinz Company, where he worked from 2014-2016. Before that, he spent two years as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at Hillshire Brands, the spin-off successor company to Sara Lee Corporation. From 2010 to 2012, he was Vice President and Corporate Controller at USG Corporation. He spent the previous ten years in a variety of increasingly senior finance roles at PepsiAmericas. His earlier career service included key finance and accounting roles at Arthur Andersen and Cargill.

FGL Holdings [DES MOINES, IA] (NYSE: FG) announced the appointment of John Fleurant as Chief Financial Officer. Fleurant succeeds Dennis Vigneau, who previously announced his intention to retire at the end of 2019. Most recently, Fleurant served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for New York Life since 2013, after previously serving as Senior Vice President of Finance and Controller from 2010 to 2013. Previously, John spent 15 years at Prudential in a number of leadership roles. In John’s latest tenure at Prudential, he occupied the positions of Corporate Controller and Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Businesses. John began his career at Deloitte.

Scott Javor

Rhapsody International Inc. [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Scott Javor as senior vice president, chief financial officer. Most recently, Javor held the position of managing director at FTI Consulting and FTI Capital Advisors. Previously, he served as the Vice President of GE Capital’s Media, Communications & Entertainment business.

Patrick Donoghue

Truckstop.com [BOISE, Idaho] announced that Patrick Donoghue has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Donoghue joins Truckstop.com from Trilogy Education Services. Donoghue’s last several CFO positions were in EdTech. Prior to that, Donoghue held senior finance roles with CCC Information Services. Donoghue replaces Mark Robinson. Robinson retired in October to spend time with his family.

Inkling [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Eileen Treanor has joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to Inkling, she served as the CFO of Lever, and the vice president of Finance for Wikia. She has also held senior-level finance positions at Virgin America and Yahoo!.

McDermott International, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: MDR) announced the appointment of Chris Krummel as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Krummel joined McDermott in 2016 and previously served as the company’s Global Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. He replaces Stuart Spence, who has resigned from McDermott to pursue other opportunities. Prior to joining McDermott, Krummel served as: a consultant of American Industrial Partners, a firm engaging in private equity investments in industrial businesses in the United States and Canada; Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of EnTrans International, LLC; and Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President and Corporate Controller/Vice President of Finance of Cameron International.

Mike Burnett

Offerpad [PHOENIX] announced the hiring of Mike Burnett to serve as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Offerpad, he served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AV Homes, Inc. Previously, Burnett worked for JDA Software Group, Inc. as Group Vice President, Finance, Treasury and Investor Relations. During his career, Burnett has also served as the Chief Financial Officer for American Traffic Solutions Inc. and Senior Vice President, Treasurer at Allied Waste Industries, Inc.

Jody Johnson

SeQuel Response [EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.] announced the promotion of Jody Johnson to Chief Financial Officer. Johnson joined SeQuel in August 2018 as the Vice President of Finance. Johnson brings more than a decade of experience in various financial leadership roles at organizations such as NovuHealth, HealthFitness, Convey Compliance Systems and CHS.

CFO Moves – week ending November 1, 2019

Posted on November 4, 2019 Written by Dergel CFO Admin Leave a Comment

CFO Moves this week include:

Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.	Trinity Merger Corp.	LICT Corporation
Mattel, Inc.	Sidecar Health	Victory Park Capital
Altice USA	KidKraft, Inc.	NetAbstraction, Inc.
FS/KKR Advisor, LLC	Sovos Brands	Instructure
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P.	Questex LLC	Flexera
Passage Bio	Assembly Biosciences, Inc.	Sandspring Resources Ltd.
ePac Flexible Packaging	Swiss Post Solutions	Evolv Technology
Personify Inc.	nCino	ReShape Lifesciences Inc.
Jerash Holdings (US), Inc.

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Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. [BRISBANE, CA] (NASDAQ: SGMO) announced the appointment of Sung Lee as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Lee joins Sangamo from Gilead Sciences, where he spent nearly 14 years, most recently as Senior Vice President leading the financial planning & analysis (FP&A) and investor relations functions. Prior to this role, Mr. Lee held roles of increasing responsibility at Gilead, including Head of Europe Finance and Head of R&D FP&A.

Trinity Merger Corp. [HONOLULU & SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: TMCX) and the Broadmark real estate lending companies announced that David Schneider will join Broadmark Realty Capital Inc. as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective December 9, 2019. Schneider previously served as Chief Accounting Officer of New Residential Investment Corp., and as a Managing Director of its external manager. Previously, Mr. Schneider served in various other senior financial and regulatory reporting roles. These include Vice President of Corporate Accounting Policy at JPMorgan Chase.

LICT Corporation [RYE, NY] (OTC Pink: LICT) announced that Daniel E. Hopkins will serve LICT as President and Chief Financial Officer effective November 11, 2019. Hopkins most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2007 with MTPCS, LLC

Mattel, Inc. [EL SEGUNDO, CA] (NASDAQ: MAT) announced that Chief Financial Officer Joseph J. Euteneuer will leave the Company after a transition period of up to six months.

Sidecar Health [LOS ANGELES] announced that Stuart Battersby now serves as Chief Financial Officer. He comes from Amerigroup Washington, a fully owned subsidiary of Anthem, where he served as CFO and COO before becoming President of its Washington Medicaid health plan.

Victory Park Capital [CHICAGO] (“VPC”), announced that Olibia Stamatoglou has been appointed chief financial officer. Stamatoglou assumes the role from Jeff Schneider, who joined the firm as chief financial officer in 2010. In January 2018, Schneider was promoted to chief operating officer, continuing to serve in his role as chief financial officer, until the firm could find a replacement. Stamatoglou will take over the role of chief financial officer, effective October 28, and Schneider will continue to act as chief operating officer and chief compliance officer for VPC. Most recently, Stamatoglou served as vice president of finance at Valor Equity Partners, Prior to Valor, Stamatoglou served as chief operating officer and chief financial officer of First National Assets. She joined First National Assets from Aurora Investment Management where she progressed through several accounting roles.

Altice USA [NEW YORK] (NYSE: ATUS) announced that Michael Grau has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Grau succeeds Charles F. Stewart who, in a separate announcement made today, was named Chief Executive Officer of Sotheby’s. Stewart will continue as a member of the Altice USA Board of Directors and serve as a special advisor to the CEO on M&A and related strategic matters. Grau joined Altice USA in 2016 and most recently was Executive Vice President of Financial Planning & Control at the Company. Prior to this, Grau held various leadership roles in finance at Cablevision for more than 15 years. Earlier in his career he held senior financial positions at Winstar Communications, Health Professionals Inc, and Deloitte & Touche.

KidKraft, Inc. [DALLAS] announced Todd Whitbeck has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Whitbeck was most recently CFO and Head of Business Development, Sales, Marketing and Administrative Functions for CANarchy. Previously he was Executive Vice President, CFO & Business Development for Water Pik, Inc. He was CFO for JP Energy, Sears Holdings Corporation (SHC) in the hard goods business units and off-mall retail selling formats, and CompUSA, where he elevated his oversight to CFO through various finance roles as the company grew and was acquired. He is a board member for Tufts Health Plan Board of Directors.

NetAbstraction, Inc. [CHANTILLY, VA] announced that Ron Kolson has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Previously he was CEO/CFO at 24/7 Mid-Atlantic Network, LLC; VP/Chief Financial Officer at FiberGate, Inc.; and Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer at MICROS Systems, Inc. Additionally, Mr. Kolson has served as an independent member on various Boards of Directors, including most recently as a member of the Board for Precision Auto Care, Inc.

FS/KKR Advisor, LLC [PHILADELPHIA] a partnership between FS Investments and KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC, announced that Steven Lilly, who joined FS Investments as a Managing Director in October, will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer of certain business development companies (BDCs) advised by FS/KKR in mid-November. In his role, Mr. Lilly will help strategically lead and will oversee the finance, investor relations and capital markets functions at FS KKR Capital Corp. (NYSE: FSK), FS Investment Corporation II, FS Investment Corporation III, and FS Investment Corporation IV (together, the BDCs). Previously, Lilly served for 13 years as Chief Financial Officer of Triangle Capital Corporation, a publicly traded BDC. Prior to joining Triangle, Lilly spent seven years as Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at SpectraSite Communications. He began his career in the media and communications capital markets group at First Union, now part of Wells Fargo. Effective with Lilly’s appointment, William Goebel, who currently serves as the BDCs’ Chief Financial Officer, will become the BDCs’ Chief Accounting Officer.

Sovos Brands [BERKELEY, CA] announced the appointment of Chris Hall as the company’s Chief Financial Officer starting November 11th. Hall was most recently the CFO at Woodbolt Distribution LLC (Nutrabolt). Prior to joining Nutrabolt, Hall was at PepsiCo Inc. for more than 20 years in various financial leadership positions. His highlights at PepsiCo Inc. include working through the creation of PepsiCo Foods Canada; serving as the CFO for Quaker Foods North America and as the CFO for the Sabra Dipping Company.

Instructure [SALT LAKE CITY] (NYSE: INST) announced that Steve Kaminsky, chief financial officer, will retire in 2020 after nearly eight years of service.

Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. [INDIANAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: CLMT) named H. Keith Jennings as the Partnership’s Executive Vice President (EVP) & Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Jennings will assume EVP and CFO duties on January 1, 2020 following an orderly transition with the current EVP & CFO, West Griffin, who announced he will leave the organization effective January 1, 2020. Jennings joins Calumet from Eastman Chemical Company where he served most recently as Vice President, Finance. Prior to this, he served as Vice President and Treasurer for Eastman. Prior to this, Jennings was Vice President and Treasurer of Cameron International Corporation. Earlier in his career, Jennings held progressively responsible finance leadership roles in Alghanim Industries, PepsiCo, Inc., Ingersoll-Rand and Pharmacia.

Questex LLC [NEW YORK] announced Patrick Nohilly has joined as its new Chief Financial Officer. Nohilly joins Questex from Messe Frankfurt North America, where he was President and CFO. Earlier, Nohilly had a long career at United Business Media and held several senior management positions where he was responsible for finance, mergers & acquisitions operations and centralized services, with his last position as SVP Central Operations and Finance.

Flexera [ITASCA, IL] announced that its Chief Financial Officer Joe Freda plans to retire from the company in 2020 after over a decade in the role.

Passage Bio [PHILADELPHIA] announced the appointment of Richard Morris as chief financial officer. Morris joins Passage Bio from Context Therapeutics, where he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to his position at Context, Richard was chief financial officer of Vitae Pharmaceuticals. Previously, he was vice president, global financial planning and strategy at ViroPharma Inc.

Assembly Biosciences, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] (NASDAQ: ASMB) announced the appointment of Thomas J. Russo as Chief Financial Officer. Russo joins Assembly from Gilead, where he spent seven years in finance and commercial operations roles, including Vice President, Head of Commercial Finance. Previously, Mr. Russo was Equity Research Senior Analyst covering biotechnology for investment bank, Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. He also spent nine years with Merck & Co. in roles of increasing responsibility within the manufacturing division.

Sandspring Resources Ltd. [DENVER AND VANCOUVER, British Columbia] (TSX-V: SSP, OTCQX: SSPXF) appointed Bassam Moubarak as Executive Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1, 2019. Moubarak has also been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. Most recently Moubarak was CFO of Lithium X Energy Corp. Prior to this Moubarak was CFO of Goldrock Mines Corp. He was Chief Financial Officer of Petaquilla Minerals Ltd.

ePac Flexible Packaging [AUSTIN, TX] announced the appointment of James Braun as Chief Financial Officer. For 12 years of his career, Jim was CFO of two international printing companies.

Swiss Post Solutions [NEW YORK] (SPS) announced the appointment of Ralf Schulz as Chief Financial Officer for North America. Ralf replaces John Chestnut, who held the position since 2014, who moves onto another role at SPS. Ralf comes to SPS, North America from Bern, Switzerland, where he has held the role of Head of Global Financial Reporting for Swiss Post Solutions since 2015. Prior to joining SPS, Ralf was the Divisional CFO, Agriculture Commodity Trading and Processing, at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) in Switzerland.

Peter Faubert

Evolv Technology [WALTHAM, MA] announced the hiring of Peter Faubert as CFO. Peter joins Evolv from SeaChange International, Inc., where he spent the last three years. Peter served with eight public and private technology companies over the last 20 years, five of them as CFO. Prior to his CFO roles at SeaChange International, Inc., This Technology Inc., Vision Government Solutions, Inc., JNJ Mobile (MocoSpace), and Turbine, Inc., he has held various senior finance positions with Viisage Technology Inc., Burntsand Inc. and Ariba Inc.

Personify Inc. [AUSTIN, TEXAS] hired Joe Hermes as Chief Financial Officer. Hermes joins Personify from Marketo, where he served as head of Financial Planning and Analysis.

nCino [WILMINGTON, NC] announced the appointment of David Rudow as Chief Financial Officer. In his most recent position, Rudow served as the SVP of Finance for CentralSquare Technologies. Prior to that, he held Senior Analyst roles for several leading investment banking and asset management firms, including Thrivent Asset Management, Piper Jaffray and J.P. Morgan.

ReShape Lifesciences Inc. [SAN CLEMENTE, CA] (OTCQB: RSLS) announced the appointment of Thomas Stankovich as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Stankovich spent the past nine years as the Global Senior Vice President and CFO of MP Biomedicals. Prior to MP Biomedicals, Tom served as CFO at Response Genetics. Additionally, he served as CFO for Cobalis Corporation and for Ribapharm. Tom also held CFO positions at ICN International, which later changed names to Valeant Pharmaceuticals.

Jerash Holdings (US), Inc. [ROCHESTER, NY] (NASDAQ: JRSH) announced the recent passing of Richard J. Shaw. Mr. Shaw had served as Chief Financial Officer since 2017.

CFO Moves – week ending October 25, 2019

Posted on October 28, 2019 Written by Dergel CFO Admin Leave a Comment

CFO Moves this week include:

CarMax, Inc.	Arkose Labs	Alaska Communications
AngioDynamics, Inc.	Databricks	EFG Companies
Oncorus, Inc.	Sernova Corp.	Raytheon Company
First Financial Bankshares, Inc.	Amgen	Resideo Technologies, Inc.
THINK Surgical, Inc.	Obalon Therapeutics, Inc.	Schmitt Industries, Inc.
Catalyte	Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta	Old Point Financial Corporation
Inxeption	CRITICALSTART	Varian
Snapsheet	A&R Logistics	First Community Corporation

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Enrique Mayor-Mora

CarMax, Inc. [RICHMOND, VA] (NYSE: KMX) announced that Enrique Mayor-Mora, who has served as CarMax’s treasurer since 2016, will be promoted to senior vice president and CFO. Tom Reedy, who has served as CFO since 2010 and as executive vice president since 2012, will become executive vice president of finance. Mayor-Mora will continue to report to Reedy. Mayor-Mora joined CarMax in 2011 as vice president of finance and in 2016 moved into the treasurer role. Prior to joining CarMax, he served as vice president of financial planning and analysis and investor relations at Denny’s Corporation from 2005 to 2011. He also served in financial positions of increasing responsibility at Gap, Inc. from 2001 to 2005.

Arkose Labs [SAN FRANCISCO] recently hired Sam Francis as Chief Financial Officer. Francis brings more than 25 years of experience providing financial leadership, raising capital and managing both buy-side and sell-side M&A transactions.

Alaska Communications [ANCHORAGE, AK] (NASDAQ: ALSK) named Laurie Butcher chief financial officer. Butcher joined Alaska Communications in 1997, and has served as senior vice president of finance since October 2015 and principal financial and accounting officer since November 2015. Butcher’s prior roles include controller for Teamsters Local 959 and public accounting at Price Waterhouse and Deloitte & Touche.

AngioDynamics, Inc. [LATHAM, NY] (NASDAQ: ANGO) announced that Michael C. Greiner, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will be departing the Company. Stephen A. Trowbridge, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, will assume the role of interim Chief Financial Officer in addition to his current responsibilities.

Databricks [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Dave Conte as Chief Financial Officer. Conte was Splunk’s CFO for the last eight years. Prior to Splunk, he was the CFO at Opsware. Conte has also served as a member of the board of directors at Anaplan since 2016.

EFG Companies [DALLAS] announced that Neha Parikh assumes the role of Chief Financial Officer. Neha’s managerial and consulting experience spans companies like GoDaddy, ADP, Verint, Cox Enterprises and AT&T, where she served in various capacities ranging from Executive Director to Business Unit CFO.

Oncorus, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of John McCabe as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Oncorus, McCabe served as CFO of Flex Pharma, Inc., which is now known as Salarius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to joining Flex Pharma in 2014, McCabe served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer with ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2013 to 2014, which was acquired by Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., and is now part of Takeda Oncology Company. Previously, McCabe served as Vice President and Corporate Controller at Charles River Associates from 2009 to 2013. McCabe also previously served as Director and Strategic Business Unit Controller at Biogen. McCabe began his career at Arthur Andersen & Co., and he later held financial positions at Performance Technologies, Inc. and IP.com.

Sernova Corp. [LONDON AND ONTARIO, CA] (TSX-V: SVA, OTCQB: SEOVF) announced that David Swetlow has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Swetlow held various senior management, board, and advisory roles for companies, including multiple TSX and Nasdaq listed biotech companies amongst them QLT Inc. and Protox Therapeutics Inc. Swetlow replaced Sernova’s outgoing CFO, Sean Hodgins.

Toby O’Brien

Raytheon Company [WALTHAM, MA] (NYSE: RTN) announced that Anthony “Toby” O’Brien was named chief financial officer for the future Raytheon Technologies Corporation. He currently serves as vice president and chief financial officer of Raytheon Company. Prior to his current position, O’Brien was vice president of finance and chief financial officer for Raytheon IDS. He has also served as Raytheon vice president of finance, CFO of Raytheon Aircraft Company and has held other senior finance positions across Raytheon. O’Brien joined Raytheon in 1986.

First Financial Bankshares, Inc. [ABILENE, TX] (NASDAQ: FFIN) announced that J. Bruce Hildebrand intends to retire in August 2020 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Amgen [THOUSAND OAKS, CA] (NASDAQ: AMGN) announced the planned retirement of David W. Meline, who has served as the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) since 2014. The company also announced that Peter H. Griffith has joined Amgen as executive vice president, Finance, and will be Meline’s successor as CFO as of Jan. 1, 2020. Griffith joins Amgen from Sherwood Canyon Group, LLC, where he served as president. Previously, he retired from EY (formerly Ernst & Young), after a distinguished career there, including almost 22 years as a partner. Most recently, Griffith served as EY’s Global Vice Chair, Corporate Development. He previously served as EY’s Global Managing Partner, Finance and Corporate Development and, before that, as Global Managing Partner, Operations and Finance. Prior to EY, he was Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking at Wedbush Securities.

Resideo Technologies, Inc. [AUSTIN, TX] (NYSE: REZI) announced that Robert (Bob) Ryder has been named interim chief financial officer, effective Nov. 7, 2019. Bob will succeed Joseph Ragan, who is leaving the company on Nov. 6, 2019, to pursue other opportunities. Ryder previously served as CFO of Constellation Brands.

THINK Surgical, Inc. [FREMONT, CA] announced the appointment of Paul Weiner as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Weiner served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Conformis, Inc. Prior to joining Conformis, Weiner spent 18 years at Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President among other positions during his tenure.

Obalon Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: OBLN) announced that William J. Plovanic has been promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer, from his prior position of President and Chief Financial Officer. In conjunction with this change, Nooshin Hussainy, previously Vice President of Finance, has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Hussainy has been with Obalon since 2011, most recently serving as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller. Ms. Hussainy is a seasoned financial professional with over 18 years’ experience serving as a Corporate Controller or Assistant Controller with companies including GenMark Diagnostics, ACTIVE Network, DexCom, and Thermolase Corporation.

Schmitt Industries, Inc. [PORTLAND, OR] (NASDAQ: SMIT) announced the appointment of Regina (“Gina”) Walker as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company. Prior to joining Schmitt, Walker served as CFO of TEC Equipment, Inc. Walker will work closely with Ann Ferguson, who previously submitted her resignation, effective November 30, 2019, to ensure a smooth transition.

Catalyte [BALTIMORE] announced that Vivek Khanna has joined Catalyte as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently Khanna was CFO of Discovery Communications’ U.S. operations. He has also served as a trusted advisor to management teams while at Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Deloitte.

Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Haig Kazazian to Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1, 2019. Kazazian was most recently FHLBank Atlanta’s Treasurer, a position he has held since June 1, 2013. Prior to that, he served as First Vice President in the Financial Management Division. Kazazian joined the Bank as a credit analyst in 1992, and later earned promotions to manager of National Accounts and Product Development in 2001, manager of National Accounts and Capital Markets Trading in 2009, and manager of Treasury Analysis and National Accounts Sales and Trading in 2011.

Elizabeth T. Beale

Old Point Financial Corporation [HAMPTON, Va.] (NASDAQ: OPOF) announced that Elizabeth T. Beale has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Old Point National Bank. Beale has served as Old Point’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since July of this year. Beale joined Old Point in April 2018 as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer following Old Point’s acquisition of Citizens National Bank. She served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Citizens National Bank for 15 years and prior to that as Corporate Accountant for 4 years at James River Bankshares, Inc.

Inxeption [BRISBANE, CA] announced that Faisal Chughtai has joined Inxeption as the chief financial officer. Faisal was most recently an executive vice president at Web.com and prior to that, he was a senior investment banker at J.P.Morgan and RBC Capital Markets.

Andrew Kaufman

CRITICALSTART [PLANO, Texas] announced the appointment of Andrew Kaufman as its first Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he served as CFO of STRAIT. Prior to that, Kaufman served as vice president of finance for Armor Defense. Earlier in his career, he held various accounting and financial roles at PeopleMatter, Blackbaud, Aprima Medical Software and Enterprise Holdings.

Varian [PALO ALTO, CA] (NYSE: VAR) announced that effective December 1, 2019 , Gary E. Bischoping, Jr. , currently senior vice president, Finance & chief finance officer, will take on a new role as president, Interventional Oncology Solutions; J. Michael Bruff, currently senior vice president, Finance and Investor Relations, will succeed Bischoping as senior vice president, Finance & chief finance officer. Bruff joined Varian two years ago. Prior to joining Varian, Bruff held a series of senior international and domestic roles, including business segment CFO, and roles in financial planning, accounting and internal audit at Dell Technologies. He also held leadership positions in corporate reporting at MCI Telecommunications and served as vice president, Services Accounting and Finance at CA, Inc.

Snapsheet [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Susan Sell to Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, she served as CFO for PRA Business Events. Prior to PRA, Sell served as CFO at Fieldglass. Prior to Fieldglass, Sell held senior finance positions at Rewards Network and Technology Solutions Company.

A&R Logistics [LOUISVILLE, KY] named Taimur Sharih as its new Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Sharih succeeds Tony Lenhart, who now leads A&R’s corporate development function.

Donald “Shawn” Jordan

First Community Corporation [LEXINGTON, S.C.] (NASDAQ: FCCO), the holding company for First Community Bank, announced that Chief Financial Officer, Joseph G. “Joe” Sawyer, will retire on December 31, 2019. Donald “Shawn” Jordan has been selected as First Community’s new Chief Financial Officer and will assume this position upon the retirement of Mr. Sawyer. Jordan’s most recent role was with IBERIABANK, where he served as Senior Vice President and Manager of Corporate Analytics. Prior to joining IBERIABANK, Jordan worked with AloStar Bank of Commerce where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Jordan will join the company on November 12, 2019 to provide time with Mr. Sawyer and ensure a smooth transition of the Chief Financial Officer responsibilities.

CFO Moves – week ending October 18, 2019

Posted on October 21, 2019 Written by Samuel Dergel Leave a Comment

CFO Moves this week include:

Dollar Bank	Waitr Holdings Inc.	Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Automattic Inc.	Vivint Smart Home	LyondellBasell
Owens Corning	Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.	Atento S.A.
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.	e.ventures	2U, Inc.
Sanmina Corporation	American National Bankshares, Inc.	MJardin Group, Inc.
Apprio	Burlington Stores	RiVidium
Ameren Corporation	StemoniX , Inc.	Goodnight Midstream LLC
Vector Solutions

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Jerry Ritzert

Dollar Bank [PITTSBURGH] announced the appointment of Jerry Ritzert as Chief Financial Officer. Ritzert originally joined Dollar Bank in March of 2018, as the Executive Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining Dollar Bank, Ritzert served as Executive Vice President and Corporate Controller at Northwest Bancshares, Inc. for 15 years. Additionally, he has held positions in accounting, financial planning, and corporate finance.

Waitr Holdings Inc. [LAKE CHARLES, LA] (NASDAQ: WTRH) announced that Jeff Yurecko, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, will resign from the position effective November 1, 2019.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. [FOSTER CITY, CA] (NASDAQ: GILD) announced that Andrew Dickinson has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective November 1. Dickinson currently serves as the company’s Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy. Dickinson joined Gilead in 2016. Prior to his tenure at Gilead, Dickinson worked for nine years at Lazard Frères & Co., where he was Global Co-Head of Healthcare Investment Banking. Prior to Lazard, he was General Counsel and Vice President of Corporate Development at Myogen, Inc., which was acquired by Gilead in 2006. Earlier in his career, he worked as a lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions.

Automattic Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Mark Davies has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Davies comes to Automattic from Vivint, where he served as chief financial officer since 2013. Prior to Vivint, Davies worked for Alcoa as president of global business services and as a member of the Alcoa executive council. He spent twelve years at Dell Inc., most recently as the managing vice president of strategic programs, reporting directly to Michael Dell; and he served as chief financial officer of the Global Consumer Group.

Vivint Smart Home [PROVO, UT] announced that Mark Davies, chief financial officer, will be stepping down from his role to pursue a CFO opportunity outside of the smart home industry. Dale R. Gerard, currently senior vice president of finance and treasurer, will serve as interim CFO. Before Vivint, Gerard worked as the assistant treasurer and director of finance at American Commercial Lines and was senior treasury and financial analyst at Wabash National Corporation.

Michael McMurray

LyondellBasell [HOUSTON and LONDON] (NYSE: LYB) announced that Michael McMurray has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), effective Nov. 5, 2019. McMurray replaces Thomas Aebischer who, earlier this year, elected to retire at the end of 2019. McMurray joins LyondellBasell following a nearly 11-year career at Owens Corning where he served as vice president, Investor Relations and treasurer; vice president, Finance for the Building Materials Group; and, for the past seven years, as chief financial officer. Prior to Owens Corning, McMurray spent 21 years in various positions of increasing responsibility with Royal Dutch Shell including as vice president, Shell Capital; global treasurer for Shell Chemicals; and Americas Finance manager for the Lubricants business. McMurray sits on the board of directors for Flowserve (NYSE: FLS).

Owens Corning [TOLEDO, OH] (NYSE: OC) announced that Michael McMurray, Chief Financial Officer, will be stepping down from his role to pursue another professional opportunity. Prith Gandhi, currently Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Corporate Development, and Financial Planning, will serve as interim CFO. Prior to joining Owens Corning, Gandhi worked in various financial roles for Dover Corporation and Zebra Technologies Corporation. Gandhi also spent 11 years with Morgan Stanley in mergers and acquisitions, and proprietary trading.

Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: OEC) announced the appointment of Lorin Crenshaw as Chief Financial Officer, effective November 4, 2019. Most recently, he held the position of Vice President and CFO for Albemarle Corporation’s Global Lithium business unit. Crenshaw will succeed Charles Herlinger as CFO who previously announced his intention to retire at the end of 2019.

Atento S.A. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: ATTO) announced the appointment of Jose Antonio de Souza Azevedo as Chief Financial Officer. Azevedo will replace the current CFO Mauricio Montilha. The appointment is effective as of November 11, 2019. Before joining Atento, he served as Unidas’ Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer. Azevedo previously served as Country Manager Brazil for Softline Company from 2016 to 2017. Prior to that, he held executive positions at Globalweb Data Services as Chief Executive Officer in 2015 and Chief Financial Officer from 2014 to 2015. He also served as Chief Financial Officer of Estre Ambiental from 2013 to 2014 and held several leadership positions at Latam Airlines from 2008 to 2013.

Huntington Bancshares, Inc. [COLUMBUS, OH] (NASDAQ: HBAN) announced that Zachary J. Wasserman will become Huntington’s senior executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective November 4, 2019. Wasserman succeeds Howell D. “Mac” McCullough, who previously announced his planned retirement after more than five years as Huntington’s CFO. Wasserman joins Huntington from Visa, Inc., where he served as CFO for the company’s North American business. Prior to Visa, Inc., Wasserman served in a variety of roles at American Express Company, where he spent four years as CFO of the company’s U.S. consumer business. He also served as CFO for other American Express businesses, including global merchant services, global network services and the global commercial card business. His previous financial leadership roles included the American Express consumer and small business unit in Asia, investment optimization and corporate planning.

e.ventures [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the addition of Patrick Reilly as Global Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining e.ventures, Pat was with TCV for over 20 years and was promoted to Chief Financial Officer in early 2014.

Paul S. Lalljie

2U, Inc. [LANHAM, MD] (NASDAQ: TWOU) announced the appointment of Paul S. Lalljie as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Lalljie most recently served as CFO of Neustar, Inc. from 2009 to 2018. Lalljie joined Neustar’s finance department in 2000 and held several roles there before becoming CFO. Lalljie succeeds Catherine A. Graham, who announced her retirement as 2U’s CFO in August.

Sanmina Corporation [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: SANM) announced Kurt Adzema has joined the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Adzema succeeds David Anderson, who previously announced in January 2019 his plan to retire. Anderson will help facilitate a smooth transition and will remain as an advisor to Sanmina’s Executive Chairman through March 27, 2020. Most recently, Adzema served as Chief Financial Officer of publicly traded Finisar. Prior to Finisar, he held various positions at SVB Alliant, Montgomery Securities/Banc of America Securities, and Smith Barney.

American National Bankshares, Inc. [DANVILLE, VA] (NASDAQ: AMNB), parent company of American National Bank and Trust Company announced that William W. Traynham has informed the Company that he will retire from his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for medical reasons effective October 31, 2019. Jeffrey W. Farrar, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, will assume the additional role of Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer for the Company and the Bank as of that date. Farrar has more than twenty years of experience in community banking, most recently serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Old Point Financial Corporation. Prior to that, he was with Union Bankshares Corporation and its predecessor companies since 1996.

MJardin Group, Inc. [TORONTO AND DENVER] (CSE: MJAR, OTCQX: MJARF) announced the appointment of Edward Jonasson, effective November 1, 2019. Jonasson was Vice President Finance and Group Corporate Controller at The Stars Group Inc. Jonasson also held senior finance positions at Open Text Corporation and DWL Incorporated.

Apprio [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Erika Capobianco as chief financial officer (CFO). Most recently, Capobianco served as executive director within JP Morgan Chase. She has worked in leading financial positions at Booz Allen Hamilton and SunTrust Bank.

Burlington Stores, Inc. [BURLINGTON, NJ] (NYSE: BURL) announced that John Crimmins has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Crimmins joined the Company in 2011 and has served as interim Chief Financial Officer since September 16, 2019, in addition to his role as Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. Before joining Burlington Stores, Mr. Crimmins held various roles at The Timberland Company including Chief Financial Officer, and Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer from 2002 to 2009.

Archana Dhore

RiVidium Inc. [MANASSAS, VA] (dba TripleCyber) announced that Archana Dhore is appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Michael Moehn

Ameren Corporation [ST. LOUIS] announced that Marty Lyons, currently executive vice president and chief financial officer, and president of Ameren Services, will become president of Ameren Missouri. Michael Moehn, currently president of Ameren Missouri, will become executive vice president and chief financial officer, and president of Ameren Services. The organizational changes will be effective Dec. 1. Moehn joined Ameren in 2000 and has been president of Ameren Missouri since 2014. He has held numerous senior leadership roles at Ameren, including those in the areas of nuclear and customer operations, regulatory and legislative affairs, strategy and accounting.

StemoniX, Inc. [MAPLE GROVE, MN] announced the appointment of Andy LaFrence as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining StemoniX, LaFrence served as Senior Vice President and CFO of Biothera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from May 2018 to July 2019, and for five years prior to that as Vice President Finance, Information Systems, and CFO at Surmodics, Inc. LaFrence also previously served as CFO for CNS Therapeutics. He was an audit partner at KPMG LLP where he focused on supporting venture-backed, high-growth medical technology, pharmaceutical, biotech, and clean tech private and public companies.

Goodnight Midstream LLC [DALLAS] announced the addition of Ben Daitch as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Daitch served as Chief Financial Officer of Paradigm Midstream. Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer at Jamex, Lonestar Resources and CDX Gas. Previously, he was an investment banker at UBS, Bank of America and Deutsche Bank.

Scott Rosenberg

Vector Solutions [TAMPA, FL] announced that Scott Rosenberg has taken the role of Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Vector Solutions, Rosenberg served as the CFO at Kabbage. Prior to Kabbage, Rosenberg spent nearly six years at Purchasing Power, LLC. Rosenberg’s past experience also includes time as CFO of eBay Enterprise, formerly GSI Commerce.

CFO Moves – week ending October 11, 2019

Posted on October 14, 2019 Written by Dergel CFO Admin Leave a Comment

CFO Moves this week include:

AMC Entertainment	Palladio Biosciences, Inc.	Kohl’s
Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc.	Innovest Global Inc.	GMS Inc.
GRAIL, Inc.	New York Life	AEON Biopharma
Tenet Healthcare Corporation	Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.	Eastside Distilling, Inc.
Franworth	Target Corporation	Blackboard Inc.
Port Tampa Bay	Galera Therapeutics, Inc.	Synaptics Incorporated
NexTech AR Solutions Corp.	Northwest Pipe Company	United States Steel Corporation
American BriVision Holding Corporation	CU Service Network	SOCIAL HOUSE Vodka
CPG Beyond Inc.	Unico Properties LLC	Vida Ventures
Crescent Capital BDC, Inc.	Collabra Technology	RedSeal
Silvergate Bank	BioDerm, Inc.

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AMC Entertainment [LEAWOOD, Kansas] (NYSE: AMC) announced the hiring of Sean Goodman, currently CFO of Asbury Automotive Group, who will commence working with AMC as Executive Vice President – Finance on December 2, 2019. Current AMC CFO Craig Ramsey will retire on February 28, 2020, in a long-envisioned move. Goodman has more than 30 years of finance experience including leading Financial Planning and Analysis as well as Business Development at Home Depot in Atlanta, was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley in London and worked for Deloitte & Touche in South Africa and New York.

Palladio Biosciences, Inc. [NEWTOWN, PA] announced the appointment of Marella Thorell as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Thorell served as CFO/COO and an Executive Director of Realm Therapeutics which was acquired by ESSA Pharma in July 2019, having previously held a number of other senior positions within Realm. Thorell was appointed a director of ESSA following the acquisition. Thorell also worked at Campbell Soup Company, in several financial and management roles. She began her career and earned her CPA qualification with Ernst & Young LLP.

Kohl’s [MENOMONEE FALLS, WI] (NYSE: KSS) announced that Bruce Besanko has decided to retire from Kohl’s at the end of the fiscal year and will step down from his position as Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1. At that time, Jill Timm, Kohl’s Executive Vice President of Finance, will be promoted to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Timm joined Kohl’s in 1999, holding progressive leadership positions across several areas of finance, most recently as Executive Vice President of Finance.

Emily A. Weaver

Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. [MILWAUKEE,] (NYSE: GDI) announced the appointment of Emily A. Weaver as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective December 1, 2019. Weaver joins Gardner Denver from Fortive Corporation where she is currently its Chief Accounting Officer, and brings to Gardner Denver more than 25 years of experience with companies including Fortive, Danaher and General Electric. Weaver will succeed Neil Snyder, Gardner Denver’s current CFO, who is leaving to pursue other opportunities.

Innovest Global Inc. [CLEVELAND] (OTC Markets: IVST) announced the appointment of Indrani Egleston as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mike Yukich, Innovest Global’s prior Chief Financial Officer will remain on in a consulting role to help ensure a seamless transition through the 2019 financial reporting cycle. Egleston joined Innovest Global as the Executive Vice President, Finance & Controls in August 2019. She has held various strategic leadership financial roles including Internal Audit, Controlling, Financial Planning and Analysis and Mergers and Acquisitions throughout her tenured career at Covia Holdings Corp., Nordson Corporation, and PWC LLP.

GMS Inc. [TUCKER, GA] (NYSE: GMS) announced that Scott M. Deakin has been appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 21, 2019. Lynn Ross, who has served as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, will continue in her role as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. Deakin most recently served as the President of the Thermal Acoustical Solutions segment of Lydall, Inc. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Lydall, Inc. Deakin previously served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc. Earlier in his career he also held the role of Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at Barnes Group, Inc. and various operating and finance roles during his 12 years at Eaton Corporation. He began his career at Deloitte and Pricewaterhouse Coopers, LLP.

GRAIL, Inc. [MENLO PARK, CA] announced that Matthew P. Young has been appointed Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer effective October 28, 2019. Young joins GRAIL from Jazz Pharmaceuticals, where he most recently served as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Young worked in investment banking for approximately 20 years in positions at Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and Lehman Brothers Inc. Currently, he sits on the board of PRA Health Sciences, Inc., where he currently serves on the compensation and audit committee. He also serves as Lead Independent Director and Chairman of the audit committee of CytomX Therapeutics, Inc.

New York Life [NEW YORK] announced that Eric Feldstein has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Feldstein joins New York Life from Health Care Service Corporation, where he was CFO from 2016 to 2019. From 2010 to 2016, he served as an Executive Vice President with American Express. Feldstein began his career in finance with General Motors where he held a variety of roles with increasing responsibility. He served as Treasurer from 1997 to 2002, and subsequently served as Chief Executive Officer of GMAC Financial Services from 2002-2008. Feldstein replaces Joel Steinberg, who was serving as interim CFO following the retirement of the company’s former CFO John Fleurant earlier this year. Steinberg will resume his full-time role as Chief Risk Officer.

AEON Biopharma [NEWPORT BEACH, CA] announced that it has named Chris Carr as Chief Financial Officer. Carr most recently served as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Finance and IT and Board Member of Dendreon Pharmaceuticals. Prior to his time at Dendreon, Carr has held financial management positions across the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, including Abbott Laboratories, PerkinElmer and Genzyme Corporation.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation [DALLAS] (NYSE: THC) announced that Brendan Strong has been appointed Chief Financial Officer for the company’s Massachusetts market. Strong will lead the finance and accounting functions at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester and Metro West Medical Center with locations in Framingham and Natick. Strong is currently Tenet’s Vice President of Investor Relations and has served in this role since 2015.

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. [DULUTH, GA] (NYSE: ABG) announced that Sean Goodman provided notice of his intention to resign from the position of Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective November 15, 2019, to accept the position of Chief Financial Officer of another publicly-traded company outside of the auto retail industry. The Company also announced that William Stax, Vice President, Corporate Controller & Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, was appointed interim Principal Financial Officer effective November 16, 2019.

Eastside Distilling, Inc. [PORTLAND, Oregon] (NASDAQ: EAST) announced the resignation of Steve Shum as the Company’s interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

Franworth [ANN ARBOR, MI] named David Taccolini as chief financial officer. Taccolini began his career at Domino’s Pizza, assisting franchisees with obtaining financing and later went on to serve as CFO of Service Brands International (SBI) for 14 years.

Target Corporation [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: TGT) announced that Michael Fiddelke has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective Nov. 1. In more than 15 years at Target, Fiddelke has served in a variety of roles across finance, merchandising, human resources, and operations. Most recently he served as Senior Vice President of Operations. Prior to Target, Fiddelke worked at Deloitte Consulting, LLP.

Edwin Scholte

Blackboard Inc. [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Edwin Scholte as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Edwin will join the company on November 4, 2019. He joins Blackboard from Best Merchant Partners, where he served as Managing Director. Prior to joining Best, Edwin served as CFO and as COO of the higher education, professional and international divisions of McGraw-Hill Education. Earlier he held senior finance and operating executive roles at LexisNexis/Reed Elsevier, Wolters Kluwer, as well as a privately-owned boutique incubator of Internet and corporate services start-ups in The Netherlands.

Port Tampa Bay [TAMPA, FL] announced the hiring of David M. Delac as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Delac most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer/Budget Officer for Galveston County, Texas. Prior to that role, Delac served as the Controller for WFN Consulting in Marietta, Georgia, as Budget Manager of West Palm Beach as well as the Deputy of Finance Director /Treasurer for the City of Roswell, Georgia.

Galera Therapeutics, Inc. [MALVERN, PA] announced Christopher Degnan has been named Chief Financial Officer, effective October 21, 2019. Degnan most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at Verrica Pharmaceuticals. Previously, Degnan held senior positions at Endo International plc, most recently as Vice President of Finance, Corporate FP&A and International Pharmaceuticals Segment Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Endo, Degnan spent more than 10 years at AstraZeneca plc, in roles of increasing responsibility which culminated in the position of Senior Finance Director, U.S. Commercial Finance.

Dean Butler

Synaptics Incorporated [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: SYNA) announced the appointment of Dean Butler as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), to be effective on October 21, 2019. Butler most recently served as VP of Finance at Marvell. Butler also held key financial positions at Broadcom and Maxim Integrated. Effective October 21, 2019, Kermit Nolan has resigned his role as interim Chief Financial Officer and will resume his previous role as Corporate Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.

NexTech AR Solutions Corp. [NEW YORK & TORONTO] (OTCQB: NEXCF, CSE: NTAR) announced that it has appointed Kashif Malik as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company. Kashif began his professional career working at Deloitte in Ottawa, Canada specializing in technology and public entities. After leaving Deloitte, Kashif went to work for Merck in Bermuda leading the transition of their operations to different international locations. Kashif then joined Real Matters in Toronto, Canada. Prior to joining NexTech, he worked consulting various SaaS organizations which led him to joining Leonardo as Vice President Finance and Board Member through a restructuring.

Northwest Pipe Company [VANCOUVER, Washington] (NASDAQ: NWPX) announced that Robin Gantt will retire as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) on March 31, 2020. The company appointed Aaron Wilkins to succeed Ms. Gantt as CFO on April 1, 2020, in connection with Northwest Pipe’s planned succession process. Gantt joined Northwest Pipe Company (the “Company”) in 2010 and has served as CFO since 2011. Wilkins has served as Corporate Controller since joining the Company in 2014 and Vice President of Finance since 2016.

United States Steel Corporation [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: X) announced that Kevin Bradley has informed the company of his intention to resign from his position as Chief Financial Officer of U. S. Steel effective Nov. 4. Bradley will remain with the company as Executive Vice President and Adviser to the CEO through year-end. Bradley will be succeeded by Christine (Christie) Breves, currently Senior Vice President, Manufacturing Support and Chief Supply Chain Officer. Breves joined U. S. Steel in 2013 to oversee the enhancement and execution of the company’s global procurement and sourcing strategy. Since then, Breves has assumed responsibility for the company’s logistics services organization; Transtar, U. S. Steel’s short-line railroad subsidiary; sales and operations planning (S&OP); information technology; commercial support; engineering; corporate quality; and leadership of U. S. Steel’s asset revitalization and reliability centered maintenance programs. Prior to joining U. S. Steel, Breves spent fourteen years at Alcoa, culminating with her role as Chief Procurement Officer from 2004 through 2012. Prior to Alcoa, Breves held positions in accounting, maintenance, and procurement at Alumax, Inc., an integrated aluminum manufacturer that was acquired by Alcoa in 1998.

American BriVision Holding Corporation [FREMONT, CA] (OTCQB: ABVC) announced that Chihliang “Andy” An was appointed as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. An served as the Managing Director – Investment Team at Yinyai Investment in Hong Kong. Before that, he served as a Senior Director of Sales and Operations at Goertek and as a consultant and Director of Finance at BioKey, Inc., which is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Additionally, he was also a Global Program Manager at Flextronics (now Flex Ltd.), an Investment Banking Analyst at Chardan Capital, and a Financial Analyst at Optoplex.

Diane Parham

CU Service Network [LAKEWOOD, Colorado] announced that it has selected Diane Parham as its new CFO. Most recently as the SVP at Members Choice Credit Union in Houston, Texas, Parham has held positions of both CFO and CLO. Previously, Parham was the Finance Manager at American Airlines Federal Credit Union in Fort Worth, Texas.

SOCIAL HOUSE Vodka [RALEIGH, NC] announced Jeff Eakes as its chief financial officer. Prior to joining SOCIAL HOUSE® Vodka, Eakes served as the senior director of corporate treasury at SAS.

CPG Beyond Inc. [ASHBURN, VA] announced that Ben Pawson has joined CPG as its new Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Ben most recently served as Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at Presidio.

Bruce Snyder

Unico Properties LLC [SEATTLE], a subsidiary of Unico Investment Group LLC, announced that Bruce Snyder was named Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Recently, he served as CFO for the Qiddiya Investment Company, a wholly-owned closed joint-stock company of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), leading the finance team.

Jean-Philippe Kouakou-Zebouah

Vida Ventures [BOSTON] announced that Jean-Philippe (“JP”) Kouakou-Zebouah has joined in the dual role of Chief Financial and Chief Operating Officer. JP joins Vida from Versant Ventures where he was Senior Vice President of Finance. Prior to Versant, he served as Senior Director and Head of Finance for the U.S. Bio-Oncology Business Unit at Genentech.

Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] announced that the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Mike Wilhelms, is departing the Company for personal reasons and has appointed Gerhard Lombard, currently Chief Financial Officer of Crescent Capital Group LP, to succeed Mr. Wilhelms and serve as the Chief Financial Officer of Crescent BDC. Lombard will also remain Chief Financial Officer of Crescent Capital. Gerhard Lombard joined Crescent Capital in 2016 as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Crescent Capital, Mr. Lombard served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Whitehorse Finance Inc., a publicly traded business development company that is managed by H.I.G. Capital. Prior to his time with H.I.G. Capital, Mr. Lombard was Group Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for Churchill Financial Group. Earlier in his career, Mr. Lombard spent approximately 11 years at Ernst & Young LLP, rising to the level of Senior Manager.

Collabra Technology [SPOKANE] hired James Rouse as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Rouse’s recent experience includes serving for six years as division CFO at Cumulus Media. James joined the company as interim CFO in Q2.

RedSeal [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Greg Straughn as its chief financial officer (CFO). He was previously CFO of A10 Networks. Additionally, he held CFO positions at Kabira Technologies and AT&T/Pacific Bell Internet Services. Straughn also served as a principal at Meridian Business Systems.

Silvergate Bank [La Jolla, CA] named Antonio “Tony” Martino as Chief Financial Officer. Martino was most recently Chief Financial Officer of LendingPoint. He began his professional career at Ernst & Young where he was responsible for audit, tax, and consulting services. Martino then transitioned to a senior manager role at BMO Bank of Montreal, followed by 17 years with Citigroup, Inc. in various senior finance and chief financial officer roles in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

BioDerm, Inc. [LARGO, FL], announced the appointment of Marc Garofani as Chief Financial Officer. Garofani has worked with several respected companies including PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, First Advantage Corporation and Chromalloy Casting Tampa, Corp. Prior to BioDerm, Inc., Garofani worked with TouchPoint Medical, Inc. as Americas Finance Director. Garofani also worked with STERIS Corporation as the Global Finance Director & Director of Customer Economic Support. Additionally, Garofani held the position of Global Finance Director with Synergy Health PLC.

CFO Moves – week ending October 4, 2019

Posted on October 7, 2019 Written by Dergel CFO Admin Leave a Comment

CFO Moves this week include:

Treehouse Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.	Legacy Education Alliance, Inc.	Solidia Technologies
AttackIQ	Black Bear Diner	Williams Industrial Services Group Inc.
Alert 360	Allied Esports Entertainment	Limbach Holdings, Inc.
Purple Innovation, Inc.	Kate Farms	North 6th Agency
Centrus Energy Corp.	FCB	Conformis, Inc.
GCP Applied Technologies Inc.	Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc	Ocugen
eSolutions	RoadVantage	NWN
Springs Window Fashions	American Board of Medical Specialties	CNSI
Meredith Corporation	Lundberg Family Farms	Lear Corporation
Freedom Leaf Inc.	Unique Fabricating, Inc.	Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc.
Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd.

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Treehouse Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] announced that the Company has hired David Smith as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Smith joins Treehouse from New Senior Investment Group, Inc. where he most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from January 2019 to September 2019. Prior, Mr. Smith served as a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group of Fortress Investment Group from 2014 to 2018. Prior to Fortress, Mr. Smith held various finance, capital markets and investor relations roles at Ventas and Aviv REIT, after beginning his career in the real estate investment banking group at A.G. Edwards.

Legacy Education Alliance, Inc. [CAPE CORAL, FL] (OTCQB: LEAI) announced it has appointed Vanessa Guzmán-Clark as its Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), replacing Michael English who resigned as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer. Guzmán-Clark joined the company in January 2019 and was previously Vice President of Finance & Accounting and Senior Corporate Controller. She began her career as an accountant for a medium-sized banking services entity. Later, she worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) as an external auditor of various multinational and international entities in banking, brokerage, manufacturing, construction, insurance, not-for-profit, retail, and advertising. After leaving public accounting, Guzmán-Clark moved on to various Controller and CFO roles in middle-market sized entities.

Doug Robinson

Solidia Technologies [PISCATAWAY, NJ] announced the appointment of Doug Robinson as chief financial officer. Previously, Doug was an investment banker for 17 years with Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank. Early in his career, Doug was a reservoir engineer for Shell.

Danielle Murcray

AttackIQ [SANTA CLARA, CA] announced Danielle Murcray has joined the company’s executive team as chief financial officer. Prior to AttackIQ, Murcray served as CFO at Evident.io (acquired by Palo Alto Networks) and Skyhigh Networks (acquired by McAfee), and served as vice president, corporate controller at IronPort Systems (acquired by Cisco). She has also held various management roles at Drobo, Packeteer, Brio Software and Arthur Andersen.

Steve Sparks

Black Bear Diner [REDDING, CA] announced the appointment of Steve Sparks as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Black Bear Diner President Anita Adams previously served as CFO in addition to her role as President. Sparks’ most recent position was CFO at American Blue Ribbon Holdings. His previous experience includes a progression of financial planning and analysis roles with both American Blue Ribbon Holdings and O’Charley’s Inc., where he has worked with restaurant brands including O’Charley’s, Ninety Nine, Village Inn, Bakers Square, Max & Erma’s and Stoney River.

Williams Industrial Services Group Inc. [ATLANTA] (OTCQX: WLMS) announced the appointment of Randall R. Lay as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Lay most recently was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. from December 2017 to August 2019, when GEO was acquired by CPS Performance Materials. During the previous ten years, Lay served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lazy Days’ R.V. Center, Inc. Prior to Lazy Days, Mr. Lay held several leadership positions at various companies including Buccino & Associates, Inc., Universal Access Global Holdings Inc., Metromedia Fiber Networks, Inc., and International Specialty Products Inc. Early in his career, Mr. Lay was a regional controller for Otis and progressed to director of financial planning at United Technologies Corporation.

Alert 360™ [TULSA, OK] announced it has promoted Vickie Catina to the position of chief financial officer. Catina most recently served as chief accounting officer. Catina joined Alert 360 in 2014 as director of information systems and was named chief accounting officer last year. Prior to Alert 360, Catina served as vice president of billing and credit at Protection One for 18 years, where Ginsburg also served as president and CEO. Current CFO, Harry Schenk, who is one of the original founders of Alert 360 (formerly Central Security Group) and is approaching retirement, will continue as a special advisor to the CFO and serve on the Alert 360 board of directors.

Allied Esports Entertainment [IRVINE, CA] (NASDAQ: AESE) announced the appointment of Anthony A. Hung as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Hung replaces Kenneth DeCubellis. Before joining the Company, he served as the CEO and CFO of Audio Design Experts. Prior to his role at Audio Design Experts, Hung was Senior Vice President, Business Development and Sales for Cooking.com. He also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Golden Eye Dealership Solutions. Prior to this, he was General Partner at DynaFund Ventures, and he also held positions of increasing responsibility in finance and strategy at The Walt Disney Company. He began his career as an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities.

Limbach Holdings, Inc. [PITTSBURGH] (NASDAQ: LMB) announced the appointment of Jayme Brooks as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Brooks replaces John Jordan. Mrs. Brooks previously held a number of positions at Capstone Turbine Corporation, most recently serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. She joined Capstone in September 2005 and, in addition to her most recent position, she served in various roles including: Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer (April 2015 to September 2019). Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer (November 2008 to April 2015), Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis (February 2008 to November 2008), and Director of Financial Reporting (September 2005 to February 2008). Prior to joining Capstone, Brooks was Vice President and Controller of Computer Patent Annuities North America LLC.

Purple Innovation, Inc. [ALPINE, UT] (NASDAQ: PRPL) announced that Craig Phillips has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Phillips has served as Chief Financial Officer for several privately held companies at the regional and national level in the service, distribution, entertainment, and restaurant industries, and most recently served as the Managing Director at FTI Consulting. In that role, Mr. Phillips has been serving since March of 2019 as Purple’s Interim Chief Financial Officer.

Kate Farms [SANTA BARBARA, CA] announced the appointment of Tom Beecher to Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development. Beecher comes to Kate Farms after ten years at Cartera Commerce, where he was the Chief Executive Officer and President and led the successful sale of the company to Ebates/Rakuten in 2017, continuing to lead the company until 2019. Previously Beecher held a number of leadership roles at Imagitas where he was hired as a Product Manager in 1996, he was promoted to Chief Financial Officer in 2001 and became the CEO in 2005 after leading the sale of the company to Pitney Bowes. He started his career at Bain & Company in 1989, moving to product management at Fleet Bank in 1992.

Jim Morris

North 6th Agency (N6A) [NEW YORK] announced that Jim Morris has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Morris previously served as N6A’s Senior Vice President of Finance, a position he held since joining the firm in 2017. Prior to joining N6A in 2017, Morris spent nearly three decades in the financial services industry. From 2005-2017 Morris worked for JP Morgan Chase, where he rose to become Executive Director and CFO of the firm’s Global Wealth Management and Technology Division. Prior to his tenure with JP Morgan Chase, Morris held financial management positions with Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Credit Suisse and Lehman Brothers.

Centrus Energy Corp. [BETHESDA, MD] (NYSE American: LEU) announced that Philip O. Strawbridge has been appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, and Treasurer of the company. From 2010 to 2013, he served as an executive adviser at Court Square Capital. Mr. Strawbridge served in various executive positions including Chief Financial Officer at EnergySolutions, from 2006 to 2010. He was Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of BNG America, from 1999 until BNG America was acquired by EnergySolutions in early 2006. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Strawbridge was Chief Financial Officer of OHM/IT Corporation. He also worked in several executive roles at the Fluor Corporation from 1986 to 1995. Early in his career, Mr. Strawbridge held various executive positions within the United States General Services Administration. He began his career as a United States Marine.

FCB (Foote, Cone & Belding) [NEW YORK] announced that Mark Jungwirth moves from Chicago CFO to North American CFO.

Conformis, Inc. [BILLERICA, MA] (NASDAQ: CFMS) announced that Paul Weiner, Chief Financial Officer, has notified the Company that he will be departing the Company on October 18, 2019 to become the Chief Financial Officer at a privately-owned business in Fremont, CA.

GCP Applied Technologies Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NYSE: GCP) announced that Dean P. Freeman, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is leaving the Company to pursue another opportunity. Craig A. Merrill, Vice President, Finance, Analytics and Strategy, has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer. Merrill currently serves as GCP’s Vice President, Finance, Analytics and Strategy. Previously, Merrill served in a variety of commercial, marketing and general management roles with P&L responsibility. Following GCP’s separation from W. R. Grace & Co. in 2016, he served as the Company’s Vice President, Global Marketing and Vice President & General Manager, Global Cement and Emerging Markets. At W. R. Grace & Co., he served as Vice President & General Manager in the Specialty Construction Chemicals division prior to the commencement of his service with the Company. Merrill has 30 years of experience in the global building products and specialty chemicals industries.

Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc [PHILADELPHIA AND OXFORDSHIRE, UK] (NASDAQ: ADAP) announced the appointment of Michael Garone as interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Since the early 2000s, Mike has held various CFO positions in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Most recently, Mike was CFO and interim CEO at Immunomedics, Inc. Prior to that, he was CFO at Emisphere Technologies, Inc. from 2007 to 2016. Mike began his career as an OTC stock trader with Drexel Burnham Lambert in the early 1980s. From there, Mike went on to work at AT&T for twenty years where he held various positions of increasing responsibility including CFO of AT&T Alascom.

Ocugen [MALVERN, PA] (NASDAQ: OCGN) announced the appointment of Sanjay S. Subramanian to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Subramanian brings more than 20 years’ experience in finance and operations strategy to Ocugen, serving most recently as CFO for Aralez Pharmaceuticals. Prior to his service with Aralez, he held leadership positions at Bausch Health Companies and General Motors, including serving as the Managing Director at its Korea division.

eSolutions [OVERLAND PARK, Kansas] announced that James Evans has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Evans was recently at MatrixCare, where he served as executive vice president and CFO.

Scott Wolfe

RoadVantage [AUSTIN, TEXAS] announced the addition of Scott Wolfe as CFO. Wolfe acquired a background in banking at JPMorgan Chase (formerly Bank One) and was the Global COO of Fitch Worldwide (a WPP company). Wolfe has served in multiple executive capacities ranging from CFO, COO, to CEO.

Matt Curran

NWN [WALTHAM, Mass.] announced that Matt Curran has joined NWN as Chief Financial Officer. Curran was most recently CFO, Partner and Board Member at P&B Intermodal Services. Previously Curran was Founder and Executive Director of The 33 Foundation. He held finance leadership roles at Global Capacity, PerkinElmer and Iron Mountain Digital after beginning his corporate career at EMC.

Springs Window Fashions [MIDDLETON, WI] announced the appointment of Tim Oliver as Chief Financial Officer. Oliver most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Goldstein Group Inc. & Alter Trading. Prior to that, he was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., and Chief Financial Officer of Metavante Technologies, Inc. Leading up to these positions, Oliver had several finance roles with increasing responsibilities at publicly-traded companies including Rockwell Automation, Raytheon Company, AlliedSignal and Bear Sterns.

The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) [CHICAGO] has named Julie Hubbard its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hubbard held leadership positions at Easter Seals as the Senior Vice President of Finance, the Spencer Foundation as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and the Oprah Winfrey Foundation as the Treasurer and Controller. She also worked for Kraft, holding a series of roles beginning with Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis for US Salesforce in 1997 and ending as the Director of Financial Planning, Reporting and Analysis, Cheese Division, ending in 2005.

CNSI [ROCKVILLE, MD] announced that David Adams has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He joins CSNI from Endeavor Robotics, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Adams served as CFO at Tribalco LLC and at QinetiQ North America’s Services & Solutions Group, where he served as Chief Financial Officer of its Government Services organization. Prior to QinetiQ, Adams was Vice President of Finance at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Manager of Audit and Business Advisory Services.

Meredith Corporation [DES MOINES, IA] (NYSE: MDP) announced that Chief Financial Officer Joe Ceryanec has decided to retire. Ceryanec has agreed to stay in his role for a transition period through early calendar year 2020.

John Harkavy

Lundberg Family Farms [RICHVALE, Calif.] welcomes John Harkavy as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Harkavy brings with him extensive experience working in both privately and publicly traded companies including PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Mervyn’s, Dole and Jelly Belly.

Lear Corporation [SOUTHFIELD, MI] (NYSE: LEA) announced it has appointed Jason Cardew to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1, 2019. Cardew will succeed Jeffrey H. Vanneste who currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, who will be retiring. Since joining the company in 1992, Cardew has served in various operational and commercial finance roles with increasing responsibility, including Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis, Interim CFO and, most recently, Vice President of Finance for Lear’s Seating and E-Systems businesses.

Freedom Leaf Inc. [DALLAS, TX] (OTCQB: FRLF) announced the appointment of Brian Moon as its Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Freedom Leaf, Moon served as CFO at Team ProMark. Moon also previously served as CFO at Digital Media Cartridge, Mumbo Jumbo/United Developers and Microsoft Ensemble Studies Corporation.

Unique Fabricating, Inc. [AUBURN HILLS, MI] (NYSE American: UFAB) announced that Tom Tekiele has tendered his resignation to pursue another professional opportunity. In the interim, Doug Cain, the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer and a seasoned financial executive and holder of an active CPA license, will fill the role on a temporary basis.

Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc. [BELOIT, WI] (OTCQX:BHWB) announced the departure of its Chief Financial Officer, Mary McGovern. Todd James, the company’s President & CEO will assume the CFO duties on an interim basis.

Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. [NEW YORK] (TSX-V: GLXY) announced that it has appointed Ashwin Prithipaul as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prithipaul is taking over the role from Donna Milia, who is assuming the role of senior advisor at the Company. Prior to his appointment as CFO, Prithipaul has been the Chief Accounting Officer at Galaxy Digital since August 2018. Before joining Galaxy Digital, Prithipaul was the Director of Financial Reporting at Assured Guaranty. Previously, he was a senior manager in the Banking and Capital Markets practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York and London.

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