Ravi Thanawala | Papa Johns
Papa Johns CFO Ravi Thanawala is leaving the company to become chief financial officer of clothing retailer American Eagle Outfitters. Thanawala joined the pizza chain as finance chief in 2023 from Nike, where he was chief financial officer and vice president of Nike North America. He will serve in an advisory capacity until July 31. While the company looks for Thanawala’s replacement, it has named Chris Collins, SVP of corporate finance and principal accounting officer, to the additional role of interim CFO, effective immediately. Collins joined Papa Johns as VP of treasury and tax in 2021 and previously was interim CFO and principal accounting officer from March 2023 until July 2023.
Michael Angelakis | Comcast
Comcast’s former chief financial officer, Michael Angelakis, will become the chief executive officer of the company as part of a planned split between its media and technology businesses. Angelakis, who joined Comcast in 2007 as co-CFO and became CFO in 2008, left in 2015 and founded independent strategic investment firm Atairos, where he has been chief executive officer and executive chairman since 2016. Mike Cavanagh will become CEO of NBCUniversal. Cavanagh joined Comcast in 2015 to replace Angelakis as chief financial officer. He was promoted to president in 2022 and Co-CEO in 2026.
Richard Hutton | Greggs
Richard Hutton, chief financial officer of Greggs, is retiring and stepping down from the board after 28 years with the U.K. bakery chain. Hutton will remain chief financial officer and executive director until Dec. 31, 2026, and be succeeded by Ben Waldron. Waldron will join the company on Oct. 27 as CFO designate and as an executive director. He will assume the CFO role from Jan. 1, 2027. Waldron has spent 14 years in senior leadership roles at Bakkavor Group, an international fresh prepared food business, where he was CFO and also held senior operational roles as group strategy director, CEO of Bakkavor Asia and CEO of Bakkavor USA.
Jeff Schrader | Sierra Space
Defense-tech space firm Sierra Space appointed Jeff Schrader as chief financial officer. Schrader joined Sierra Space in March as chief strategy officer from Lockheed Martin Space, where he was vice president of strategy and business development. Schrader started his career as a U.S. Air Force financial analyst, advancing to CFO for special programs and later the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office. He earlier was president of SEAKR Engineering and Blue Canyon Technologies.
Terra Grantham | CPI
Payments technology firm CPI named its interim CFO, Terra Grantham, to the role permanently. Grantham joined the company in 2017 as director of FP&A and was named interim chief financial officer in February. Earlier roles included SVP of enterprise strategy and growth and SVP of FP&A and strategy. She previously held leadership positions at Western Union and Unilever.
Heather Larkin | Deltek
Heather Larkin was appointed chief financial officer of Deltek. Larkin joins the enterprise software company from UKG, a payroll and workforce management firm, where she was senior vice president of finance. Larkin succeeds Mike Krone, who is retiring. Krone will remain with the company through Q4 2026 to support Larkin's transition.
