AT&T, the $124 billion Dallas-based telephone giant,
appointed John Stephens as
CFO and senior executive vice
president, effective June 1. He
will replace Richard Lindner,
the company’s CFO since 2004,
who plans to retire. Stephens, 51,
was previously AT&T’s controller, a position he held since 2001,
and senior vice president. Stephens has worked at AT&T for
19 years in various finance positions, including a stint as vice
president of taxes, overseeing
corporate tax matters.
Nielsen Co., the $5.1 billion market research company
that went public in January, appointed Liz Zale as senior vice
president of investor relations.
She replaces Rich Nelson, who
is now in charge of Nielsen’s
M&A initiatives in North America.
Zale, 42, comes to Nielsen from
Moody’s Corp., where she was
vice president of investor relations. Prior to joining Moody’s,
she held investor relations and
communications positions at
Dealer Track Holdings and
worked for Columbia University,
IBM and Time Warner.
Alliant Energy, a
$3.4 billion utility in Madison,
Wis., named Thomas Hanson
CFO in addition to his current
role as treasurer. He succeeds
Patricia Kampling, who was
promoted to president and COO.
Hanson, 57, is a 30-year veteran
of Alliant. For the past year, he
served as chief accounting officer
and treasurer. For three years
before that, Hanson was chief
accounting officer and controller.
Alliant’s controller, Robert Durian, 40, will take on the additional
title of chief accounting officer.
MF Global Holdings,
a $2.1 billion broker-dealer in New
York that specializes in derivatives,
promoted Henri Steenkamp
to CFO, chief accounting officer
and executive vice president. He
replaces Randy MacDonald,
who was named global head of
the company’s retail operations.
Steenkamp, 34, joined MF Global
in 2006 as vice president of exter-
nal reporting and was promoted to
chief accounting officer later that
year. Prior to joining MF Global,
Steenkamp spent eight years at
PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Hill-Rom Holdings,
a medical equipment manufacturer in Batesville, Ind., that had
$1.4 billion of 2010 revenue,
promoted Michael Macek to
treasurer. He succeeds Mark
Guinan, who was named CFO
and senior vice president in December. Macek, 39, had served
as Hill-Rom’s executive director
of treasury since 2008. Prior to
joining the company in 2005, he
worked for Ernst & Young and
Guidant Corp., a medical device
company acquired by Boston
Scientific.
Gentiva Health Services, a $1.2 billion home
healthcare services company,
named David Gieringer chief
accounting officer. He replaces
Eric Slusser, who was promoted
to CFO last year. Gieringer, 48,
will continue to serve as the
Atlanta-based company’s controller and vice president. He has
been controller since 2002. He
joined Gentiva in 2000 as assistant
vice president of accounting after
working for 13 years in accounting
at Olsten Health Services, Gentiva’s former parent.
