Chief Accounting Officer

Financial Accounting Foundation Appoints New Members

November 29, 2010

The Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation has announced the appointment of nine new members to the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC). The FASAC is responsible for advising the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on technical issues, project priorities, and other matters that affect standard setting.The following...
 

FAF Names Four New Board Members

November 17, 2010

The Financial Accounting Foundation, an independent, private-sector organization responsible for the oversight of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, has elected four new members to its board of trustees. Each of the appointments is for a five-year term that begins in January 2011. Among the...
 

Aventine Appoints Compliance, Accounting Chief

November 16, 2010

Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, which produces and markets ethanol to energy companies, has named Calvin Stewart as chief accounting and compliance officer, effective as of Nov. 12.Stewart joined Aventine in September 2010. Prior to that time, Stewart held increasing roles of responsibility at White Energy, an ethanol production company, where...
 

Affymax Appoints Chief Accounting Officer

November 16, 2010

Biopharmaceutical company, Affymax, has hired Herb Cross as chief accounting officer and vice president of finance.With more than sixteen years of experience as a financial executive, Cross joins Affymax from Facet Biotech Corporation, where he was vice president of finance. Prior to Facet Biotech, he served as corporate controller at...
 

Aflac Names Chief Accounting Officer

November 12, 2010

Aflac Incorporated has appointed June Howard as chief accounting officer, assuming the role from senior vice president, Ralph Rogers, who is retiring. Howard also will continue to serve in her current position as senior vice president of Financial Services and International Financial Reporting Standards at Aflac.Howard joined Aflac in 2009...
 

Accounting Chief of Dean Foods Promoted to CFO

November 09, 2010

Dean Foods Company has promoted Shaun Mara, currently the company's senior vice president and chief accounting officer, to the role of chief financial officer, effective Dec. 1. He succeeds Jack Callahan, who has accepted a similar position as CFO of another publicly traded company.Mara has been with the company since...
 

Borders Group Names Accounting Chief, Controller

November 02, 2010

$2.8 billion bookstore operator, Borders Group, has named Glen Tomaszewski as vice president, chief accounting officer and controller, effective as of Oct. 26. Tomaszewski has progressed through a variety of management positions since joining the company twelve years ago. Most recently, he served as interim chief financial officer, vice president,...
 

TechTarget Appoints Finance Chief

November 01, 2010

Technology media company, TechTarget, has appointed Maureen Donnelly as vice president of finance. Donnelly will have responsibility for the day-to-day performance of the company's finance and accounting functions. She will report to CFO Jeff Wakely.Donnelly has extensive experience at public, technology companies. Previous roles include vice president of finance at...
 

Pike Electric Names Accounting Chief

October 08, 2010

Pike Electric Corporation, an energy solutions provider, has appointed Jeffrey Calhoun as chief accounting officer, effective as of Sept. 20. He succeeds Gary Waldman, who resigned on Sept. 17 after serving in that role since 2006. Calhoun comes to Pike with over 24 years of public accounting and industry experience....
 

Pike Electric Names Chief Accounting Officer

September 22, 2010

Pike Electric Corporation, an energy solutions provider, has appointed Jeffrey Calhoun chief accounting officer, effective as of Sept. 20. He succeeds Gary Waldman who resigned on Sept. 17, after served as chief accounting officer since 2006. Calhoun comes to Pike with over 24 years of public accounting and industry experience....
 

SEC Appoints Deputy Chief Accountant

September 21, 2010

The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed J.W. Mike Starr as deputy chief accountant for Policy Support and Market Monitoring in the agency's Office of the Chief Accountant. He will start in October.In this role, Starr will serve as the chief accountant's liaison on projects and activities to improve the...
 

L&L Energy Names New Chief Accounting Officer

September 16, 2010

L & L Energy, a U.S.-based company since 1995 with coal mining and distribution businesses in China, announced that Paul Cheng has joined the company as chief accounting officer, effective Oct. 5.Cheng has served in various executive financial management roles over the past 30 years with both public and private...
 

Arizona American Water Names Finance Chief

September 15, 2010

Arizona American Water, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Water, has appointed Greg Barber to the position of finance director. He will be based at the company's Phoenix office, and will also oversee finance and rates functions for New Mexico and Hawaii.Barber, who brings more than 20 years of financial...
 

EMRISE Appoints New Chief Accounting Officer

September 03, 2010

EMRISE Corporation, a multi-national manufacturer of defense, aerospace and industrial electronic devices and communications equipment, has promoted veteran corporate controller, Brandi Festa, to director of finance and administration and principal accounting officer, effective immediately. Festa, who was also appointed secretary and treasurer, reports directly to Chairman and CEO Carmine Oliva.Festa...
 

A.C. Moore Names Chief Accounting Officer

September 02, 2010

A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts has appointed Rodney Schriver chief accounting officer, in addition to his current roles as vice president and controller. Schriver, who joined the company as controller in 2004, took on the additional role of vice president in March 2007. Prior to A.C. Moore, Schriver served as...
 

SEC Charges Dell Executives With Accounting Fraud

August 31, 2010

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 27 charged former Dell Chief Accounting Officer, Robert Davis, for his role in the company's accounting fraud. The charges come after the SEC in July charged Dell with fraud for materially misstating its operating results from fiscal year 2002 to fiscal year 2005.The...
 

New Chief Accounting Officer at KBR

August 30, 2010

KBR, a global engineering, construction and services company, has appointed Dennis Baldwin as vice president and chief accounting officer, effective as of Aug. 16. He replaces John Gann, who left the company to pursue other opportunities.Baldwin was previously the vice president and chief accounting officer for three years with Houston-based...
 

Beazer Former Chief Accounting Officer Indicted

August 27, 2010

Michael Rand, the former chief accounting officer for home builder Beazer Homes USA, has been charged with 11 criminal counts of conspiracy, securities fraud, obstruction, witness tampering, false statements to a financial institution, misleading conduct, and destruction of records.The charges stem from an ongoing government investigation involving Beazer and its...
 

KBR Names Chief Accounting Officer

August 17, 2010

KBR, a global engineering, construction and services company, has appointed Dennis Baldwin as vice president and chief acccounting officer, effective as of Aug. 16. He replaces John Gann, who left the company to pursue other opportunities.Baldwin joins KBR from Houston-based McDermott International, where he has served as vice president and...
 

CAMAC Energy Appoints Financial Controller

August 06, 2010

CAMAC Energy has appointed Jeff Courtright as financial controller, effective Aug. 19. He will be reporting to Executive Vice President and CFO, Abiola Lawal.Courtright brings to CAMAC Energy over 20 years of experience in financial management, including SEC reporting, mergers and acquisitions, treasury management and budgeting. Before joining CAMAC Energy,...
 

Southwest Gas Announces Management Changes

August 02, 2010

Southwest Gas Corporation has announced that George Biehl will be retiring from the positions of executive vice president, CFO and corporate secretary, but said he will continue to assist the company with the transition of his responsibilities.Assuming his position, Roy Centrella will be promoted to senior vice president and CFO....
 

Allegheny Technologies Makes Management Changes

July 29, 2010

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated has announced several key executive changes effective Aug. 1.Dale Reid has been named senior vice president of finance and principal financial Officer reporting to L. Patrick Hassey, Chairman and CEO. Reid will be responsible for the company’s worldwide accounting, treasury, tax, and internal audit functions. Reid has...
 

Sensient Technologies Makes Executive Changes

July 22, 2010

Sensient Technologies Corporation, a global manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors and fragrances, has announced a handful of officer elections within its executive leadership. Among the new appointments, Jeffrey Makal has been elected to the position of vice president, controller and chief accounting officer.Other appointments include Stephen Rolfs to the...
 

Zion Oil Names CFO, Accounting Officer

July 09, 2010

Dallas-based Zion Oil & Gas has announced that Kent Segal, the company’s lead director and a member of the audit and compensation committees, will also assume the full-time role of chief financial officer. He replaces Sandra Green, who resigned her job in what Zion describes as a mutual and amicable...
 

Kimco Realty Names Chief Administrative Officer

July 08, 2010

Real estate investment trust Kimco Realty has promoted Barbara Pooley to the roles of executive vice president and chief administrative officer, and Glenn Cohen to the roles of executive vice president and CFO. Both appointments are effect immediately. Pooley, who joined the company in 2007, formerly served as senior vice...
 

Actuant Appoints Corporate Controller

July 07, 2010

Actuant Corporation, a diversified industrial company with operations in more than 30 countries, has appointed Matthew Pauli as corporate controller and principal accounting officer. Pauli joined Actuant in June 2008 as assistant corporate controller following eight years in public accounting. He replaces Chadwick DeLuka, who has been promoted to a...
 

CIT Group Appoints Corporate Controller

July 06, 2010

CIT Group, a provider of financing to small businesses and middle market companies, has appointed Carol Hayles as senior vice president, corporate controller.Hayles also will serve as the company's principal accounting officer and will be responsible for managing the Accounting department, as well as all SEC and regulatory reporting. She...
 

New Independent Member on K-V Pharmaceutical Board

June 30, 2010

K-V Pharmaceutical Company has appointed Ana Stancic to the company's board of directors as a new independent member. She replaces Terry Hatfield, whose resignation from the board was effective upon Stancic's appointment.Stancic brings to the board extensive knowledge and experience in long- and short-term strategic planning, and the development and...
 

GameStop Promotes Chief Accounting Officer

June 18, 2010

$9 billion video game retailer, GameStop Corp., has promoted Troy Crawford to senior vice president and chief accounting officer. He assumes the roles from Robert Lloyd, who was promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer.Since April 2006, Crawford had previously served as vice president and controller. From 1993...
 

New Chief Accounting Officer at Dean Foods Company

June 14, 2010

Dean Foods Company has hired Shaun Mara as senior vice president and chief accounting officer, effective June 28. He assumes the role from Ron McCrummen, who is departing the company to pursue other interests.Mara most recently served as senior vice president of finance for the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, a...
 

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