CFOs On the Move: Week Ending February 26
Matthew Discipline
Joby Aviation employed Matthew Discipline as finance main of the electric air taxi enterprise. Discipline is currently CFO of North The united states at Ford Motor Business. Discipline has put in a lot more than two a long time operating at Ford, in roles including normal auditor, in which he led the modernization of inner audit, and CFO at Lincoln, in which he introduced the model in China and reinvigorated business effectiveness in the U.S. Just before Ford, he worked at Goldman Sachs and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Program. He has worked in international operations for much of his profession, including 9 several years in Asia Pacific and on picked initiatives in South Africa, Brazil, Europe, and Egypt.
Virgin Galactic Holdings appointed Doug Ahrens as its new CFO. Ahrens most just lately served as CFO at Mellanox, a public enterprise in the semiconductor field, in which he was accountable for all finance features right until the acquisition by NVIDIA in 2020. Just before that, he was CFO for program engineering enterprise GlobalLogic. Previously in his profession, he put in in excess of a 10 years at Maxim Integrated Solutions, major economical setting up and coordinating M&A things to do. Just before that, he served in numerous economical roles at Intel for 6 several years and as an environmental engineer at Chevron. He replaces Jon Campagna, who is stepping down as CFO.
Debbie Clifford
Autodesk named Debbie Clifford as main economical officer, helpful March 8. Clifford, who currently serves as finance main at SurveyMonkey, returns to Autodesk, in which she put in thirteen several years in numerous economical leadership roles, including as vice president for economical setting up and assessment. Clifford succeeds R. Scott Herren, who left the design and style and engineering program enterprise to develop into CFO at Cisco.
Maxeon Solar Technologies employed Kai Strohbecke as main economical officer, helpful March fifteen. Most just lately, Strohbecke has been the vice president of finance and global operations controller for Micron Technological know-how. Just before that, he put in ten several years as CFO at Inotera Reminiscences, a memory semiconductor manufacturing enterprise located in Taiwan that he assisted list on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 2006. Just before 2003, Strohbecke worked in numerous administration roles at Infineon and Siemens Semiconductor Team. Strohbecke succeeds Joanne Solomon, who is retiring.
James Allen
Healthcare enterprise B. Braun Health care named James Allen as main economical officer. For the last 6 several years, Allen served as an running enterprise CFO with Metal Companions. His prior practical experience includes fifteen several years at Johnson & Johnson in a wide variety of small business enhancement and economical leadership roles. He commenced his profession at Amoco Company. Allen replaces Bruce Heugel, who is retiring immediately after twenty several years operating at the enterprise.
Novolex appointed Dennis Norman as finance main. Norman joins the foods packaging maker from health care IT and services enterprise nThrive, in which he was CFO. Just before that, he put in sixteen several years as an executive leader in cost of strategic setting up, finance, and company enhancement at Polymer Team/Avintiv, the last 6 several years as CFO. He succeeds Paul Palmisano, who is retiring immediately after a lot more than eight several years at the enterprise.
Ena Singh
Biofacturing enterprise Zymergen promoted Enakshi (Ena) Singh to finance main. Singh has assisted Zymergen near a lot more than $1 billion in equity financing and $100M in financial debt due to the fact signing up for the enterprise as vice president of finance in 2014. Singh formerly served as senior vice president of asset administration at Mubadala, Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund. Beforehand, she was the vice president of technologies expenditure banking at Merrill Lynch and an analyst for Latin American expenditure banking at Salomon Smith Barney.
Loyola Marymount College promoted Aimee Uen to senior vice president and main economical officer. Uen, who has worked at the university for ten several years, was most just lately vice president for finance and controller. Just before signing up for LMU, Uen was an assurance manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
GameStop CFO Jim Bell is resigning immediately after less than two several years. Bell reportedly was compelled to resign as aspect of a push by activist trader Ryan Cohen to “reshape the ailing retailer.” Bell will phase down on March 26 and GameStop has introduced a search for a substitution. The announcement of his departure came about a thirty day period immediately after a investing frenzy fueled by retail buyers despatched GameStop’s stock on a Wall Road rollercoaster ride.
