CFOs On the Move: Week ending August 30

Salesforce’s finance chief to step down, Ascend Wellness terminates its chief financial officer and Viasat appoints a Delta exec as its new CFO. 

By Lauren Muskett • Aug. 30, 2024

Chipotle expedites new CFO Adam Rymer’s onboarding

Following CEO Brian Niccol’s move to Starbucks, the fast-casual restaurant chain has fast-tracked its leadership promotions and created succession plans for several executives.

By Adam Zaki • Aug. 29, 2024

Bringing deep experience to a financial services spin-off: WAS CFO Sharon Geib

The new CFO of Woodforest Acceptance Solutions brings three decades of industry and leadership experience to the banking spin-off.

By Sandra Beckwith • Aug. 29, 2024

Apple CFO Luca Maestri will be replaced by Kevan Parekh in 2025

The tech giant’s long-time CFO will leave the role by early next year but remain with the company to lead its corporate services teams. 

By Adam Zaki • Aug. 27, 2024

Former Columbus Zoo CFO Greg Bell sentenced to 3 years in prison for fraud

Members of Bell’s leadership team and his son are also facing felony charges in Ohio.

By Adam Zaki • Aug. 27, 2024

The Giant Company names new chief merchant

Rebecca Lupfer, who served most recently as the grocer’s CFO, will head all aspects of merchandising as well as commercial planning and pricing for the chain.

By Sam Silverstein • Aug. 26, 2024

CFOs On the Move: Week ending August 23

Guess’ chief financial officer resigns after one year, Dentsply’s finance chief moves to Premier for the same role and Zoom’s long-term CFO plans to resign. 

By Lauren Muskett • Aug. 23, 2024

Moving finance to the front of the business: Vertiv CFO David Fallon

“I always say, I get paid to be paranoid. I think in finance, you always have to have that mindset of looking around the corner and being able to see both the good things and the risks to come.” 

By Adam Zaki • Aug. 22, 2024

The 6 a.m. CFO: How St. Louis Economic Development Partnership’s Josh Ayers starts his day

Ayers discusses achieving success through servant leadership, handling the Microsoft/Crowdstrike IT outage for his company and his favorite Ted Lasso quote.

By CFO Editorial Staff • Aug. 22, 2024

MLB finance leaders’ average tenure is over 10 years — more than doubling other industries

More than half of MLB teams currently have an executive who was promoted internally serving as CFO or in an equivalent position.

By Adam Zaki • Aug. 21, 2024

Building a global tech company from scratch: UST CFO Vijay Padmanabhan

“If you look at my journey in UST, pretty much from the startup days, I’ve worked in every finance capacity at every stage of the company,” said Padmanabhan. 

By Adam Zaki • Aug. 20, 2024

CFO turnover picks up amid new normal

The increased activity indicates that “as economic uncertainty becomes the new normal for organizations, previous trepidation to replace CFOs has dissipated.”

By David McCann • Aug. 19, 2024

6 podcast episodes CFOs should listen to before summer ends

While the market is saturated and it can be a challenge to find quality and informative content in this space, there are valuable insights and resources readily available for those who know where to look.

By Adam Zaki • Aug. 16, 2024

CFOs On the Move: Week ending August 16

VAST Data hires former Shopify CFO, Responsive names its first finance chief and ODP Corporation’s chief financial officer to leave the company.

By Lauren Muskett • Aug. 16, 2024

The importance of controlling your narrative: GoDaddy’s CFO Mark McCaffrey

“I was on the phone with Go Daddy’s CEO Aman Buhtani, who was just starting the search for a CFO. I remember turning to my wife after hanging up the phone with Aman and saying, ‘I’m going to work for this guy.’”

By Adam Zaki • Aug. 15, 2024

Chipotle CFO Jack Hartung postpones retirement after CEO bolts for Starbucks

The longtime CFO will postpone retirement plans to take over as Chipotle’s president of strategy, finance and supply chain. 

By Adam Zaki • Aug. 14, 2024

Former Detroit Riverfront Conservancy CFO William Smith set to lose nightclub, other assets

The “regularly busy” hangout and its potential sale are part of a mutual agreement between Smith and prosecutors to help contribute to the payback process.   

By Adam Zaki • Aug. 13, 2024

Former RBC CFO suing bank for $36M, citing public humiliation

Nadine Ahn is seeking $36 million for “public humiliation” and “palpable reputational harm,” according to the lawsuit filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

By Adam Zaki • Aug. 12, 2024

CFOs On the Move: Week ending August 9

CFO changes at H&R Block, Roblox, Cerebras, ZoomInfo and more.   

By Lauren Muskett • Aug. 9, 2024

Urban Land Conservancy CFO Brad Dodson is doing well while doing good

“I was drawn to the idea of leading financial strategies for an organization that impacted the community in a much more direct way.”

By Sandra Beckwith • Aug. 8, 2024

The 6 a.m. CFO: How Ogilvy’s Stacey Ryan-Cornelius starts her day

“I work in a dynamic, creative environment where I try to establish a controlled chaos, but the beauty and challenge of this environment is always being on your toes.”

By CFO Editorial Staff • Aug. 8, 2024

Tracking trends in tech and IP: Anaqua CFO James Rochette

“A properly managed IP portfolio will keep the core of the business running despite these stripped-down budgets.”

By Bob Violino • Aug. 6, 2024

CFOs On the Move: Week ending August 2

CFO changes at MultiPlan, Etsy, BlackBerry, MANTL, ServiceRocket and Swiss Re.   

By Lauren Muskett • Aug. 2, 2024

11 CFO-focused events still to come in 2024

Here is a chronological list of finance-focused events still on the docket with less than four months remaining in the year. 

By Adam Zaki • Aug. 2, 2024

Building a space for meaningful CFO connections: GENCFO Founder Christopher Argent

“We are a community first, and we’ve done everything we can to try and support the profession of a CFO.”

By Adam Zaki • Aug. 1, 2024