CFOs on the Move: Week Ending December 17
Katja Dürrfeld
Car areas maker Continental AG named Katja Dürrfeld chief monetary officer, successful straight away. Dürrfeld will be liable for group finance and controlling and group details engineering. She will also be liable for finance in the foreseeable future automotive group sector commencing in 2022. Dürrfeld started out her profession at Continental in 1997, holding operational positions in IT, internet marketing, income, logistics, auditing, and buying. In 2013, she was named head of group audit.
Previous chief company officer of ZipRecruiter Timothy Yarborough was named the career aggregator’s finance chief final 7 days. Yarborough requires over for David Travers, who was named president. Yarborough has also held the positions of senior vice president and vice president of finance. He joined ZipRecruiter in 2014. The company also named Amy Garefis chief accounting officer.
Dave & Buster’s Leisure, an proprietor and operator of enjoyment and dining venues, introduced that it had appointed Michael Quartieri as CFO, successful Jan. one, 2022. Quartieri will be liable for accounting, offer chain, and investor relations. He was formerly CFO and company secretary at stay streaming company LiveOne. Just before that, Quartieri was finance chief at Scientific Games, a gaming goods and devices company. Quartieri replaces Scott Bowman, who was named CFO of Legitimate Meals Kitchen, a health-pushed seasonal cafe chain, earlier this thirty day period.
The board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG appointed Remco Steenbergen to the position of chief monetary officer starting up in the new calendar year. His agreement will operate right until Dec. 21, 2023. Steenberg will head up controlling and threat administration, company finance, accounting and stability sheets, taxes, buying, and mergers & acquisitions. Most lately, Remco Steenbergen was CFO of Zurich-dependent Barry Callebaut Group, a producer of chocolate and cocoa goods. He has also labored at Philips and KPMG. Steenbergen replaces Ulrik Svensson, who resigned for health reasons in April 2020.
Explained Lufthansa Group Chair Karl-Ludwig Kley: “Remco Steenbergen delivers with him excellent monetary expertise from several firms as nicely as industries … Especially now, when the pandemic is having these types of significant outcomes for air travel, an internationally skilled and nicely-revered CFO is more crucial than at any time for Lufthansa Group: not only to triumph over the present crisis but also for the coming years, when we have to — and want to — fork out back government stabilization resources.”
Zrinka Dekic
Children’s enjoyment company Genius Manufacturers International went exterior its group to appoint Zrinka Dekic as chief monetary officer and head of tactic and mergers and acquisitions. A previous govt in the financial investment administration division of Goldman Sachs, Dekic held posts in company tactic, strategic organizing, and company improvement at The Walt Disney Corporation. Dekic replaces Bob Denton, who Genius Manufacturers moved to govt vice president of finance and accounting.
Power company Williams promoted John D. Porter to senior vice president and CFO, successful Jan. one, 2022. Porter will switch John Chandler, who introduced his planned retirement from Williams earlier this calendar year. Formerly, vice president and chief accounting officer, controller, and head of FP&A, Porter started out with Williams in 1998, remaining in 2001 for Forest Oil, and returned in 2005. Mary Hausman will think the vice president, CAO, and controller job. She currently serves as staff members vice president, internal audit.