Mark Langer | Puma
German sportswear maker Puma hired Mark Langer as its new finance chief, effective May 1. Most recently, Langer was CFO and member of the managing board at beauty retailer Douglas. Before that, he spent over 17 years at Hugo Boss, where he was CEO from 2016 to 2020 and chief financial officer from 2010 to 2017. Langer started his career at McKinsey & Company and Procter & Gamble. Langer succeeds Markus Neubrand, who is stepping down as CFO on April 30 and will leave the company on Sept. 30. Neubrand joined Puma as chief financial officer in October 2024 and earlier held chief financial officer positions at Guess, MCM and Hugo Boss Americas.
Troy Lahr | Booz Allen Hamilton
Troy Lahr was named chief financial officer and executive vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton, effective May 4. Since March 2022, Lahr has been the CFO of defense technology company Sierra Space. Before that, he spent 10 years at Boeing, where he was most recently the finance chief of its defense, space and security business. He started his career in investment banking as an aerospace and defense equity analyst for Stifel. Kristine Martin Anderson, the company’s chief operating officer who has been acting CFO since February 2026, is taking on the additional role of president, effective May 1. Anderson stepped into the interim CFO role when Matthew Calderone left Booz Allen to join S&P Global’s mobility business as finance chief.
Jamie Beggs | PPG
Jamie Beggs will take over as finance chief of PPG on July 6. Beggs has been CFO of materials solutions firm Avient since 2020. She also currently serves on the board of directors of fiber-based packaging and pulp products company International Paper. Beggs earlier was CFO of Hunt Consolidated and spent 10 years at Celanese Corp., where she held a variety of leadership positions, including CFO of its materials solutions business. She started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Beggs succeeds Vincent Morales, who is retiring after a 41-year career with PPG.
Giuseppe Di Salvo | Avient
Avient promoted Giuseppe Di Salvo to chief financial officer to replace Jamie Beggs, who is leaving Avient on June 1. Di Salvo has nearly 15 years of experience at Avient, working as corporate controller from 2013 to 2018, when he became vice president of investor relations. In 2019, he expanded his responsibilities to lead treasury and FP&A. Before these roles, he held financial positions of increasing responsibility at Avient. He started his career as a certified public accountant at Deloitte.
Suketu Upadhyay | Zimmer Biomet
Suketu Upadhyay, CFO of Zimmer Biomet, is leaving the medical technology firm to become the finance chief at biotech company Incyte. Upadhyay has served as the chief financial officer of Zimmer Biomet since July 2019. The company named Paul Stellato, Zimmer Biomet’s controller, chief accounting officer and head of corporate FP&A, as interim CFO while it looks for Upadhyay’s permanent successor. Stellato joined the company in May 2022 and earlier worked at Xylem, where he held multiple roles, including as vice president of finance for global business services. He also spent eight years at ITT Corp., where he held various roles of increasing responsibility in the finance organization.
Peter Graham | Sallie Mae
Sallie Mae named its chief financial officer, Peter Graham, and its chief operational officer, Kerri Palmer, as co-presidents. Graham has been CFO and executive vice president of the student loan provider since October 2023, where he oversees finance, accounting and treasury activities, as well as equity and fixed-income investor relations. In his new role, Graham will also oversee strategic partnerships and emerging lines of business. Earlier roles Graham held before joining Sallie Mae include finance chief of debt collection giant PRA Group and divisional CFO roles at GE Capital.
Mark Graff | Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
Mark Graff will take over as CFO of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers on May 4. Graff spent over 13 years working at Bloomin' Brands, the parent company of Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba's Italian Grill and Bonefish Grill. Most recently, he was president of Bonefish Grill and Fine Dining. Earlier in his career, he worked at Deloitte Consulting and at Raymond James in investment banking. Graff succeeds Chris Meyer, who joined the company as interim CFO in December 2025. Meyer was appointed to replace outgoing finance chief Todd Wilson, who left the restaurant chain to become CFO of BJ’s Restaurants.
Robert Lucian | Purple Innovation
Purple Innovation named Robert Lucian as the mattress manufacturer’s new finance chief. Lucian most recently was the chief financial officer of La-Z-Boy, and before that, he was the chief financial officer of Coty's North America Professional Beauty. He also spent more than three decades at Procter & Gamble in several financial leadership positions, including as a divisional CFO. Lucian succeeds Todd Vogensen, who will leave the company on May 1. Vogensen joined Purple in September 2023 from Party City. In a press release, Purple CEO Rob DeMartini said Vogensen is leaving “to pursue an opportunity closer to home, where he will support transaction readiness at a private company.”
Bernard Gutmann | Bay FC
Bernard Gutmann, chief financial officer of the National Women's Soccer League team Bay FC, will take on the additional role of president. Gutmann succeeds Stacy Johns, who is leaving the soccer club to become president of the Women's National Basketball Association team, the Los Angeles Sparks. Gutmann joined Bay FC as CFO in October 2024. Before that, he was vice president and head of finance at Linktree, a link-in-bio social media company. He earlier worked at Twitch, where he helped lead the live-streaming company’s sports strategy by securing deals with the NWSL, NFL, NBA and Major League Soccer. Earlier in his career, he held roles at Pandora, LinkedIn and Microsoft.
