CAREERS
General motors, the
$135.6 billion automaker, named
James Davlin treasurer and
vice president of finance. He succeeds Dan ammann, who was
appointed CFO in April. Davlin,
47, joins GM from Deere & Co.,
where he most recently served as
vice president of corporate strategy and business development.
He joined Deere in 2007 as treasurer and vice president. Earlier,
Davlin spent 10 years at Eli Lilly
in positions including controller, assistant treasurer of global
treasury and assistant treasurer of
investor relations.
Ford motor Co., the
Dearborn, Mich.-based auto
manufacturer with $128.9 billion
in 2010 revenue, named k.r.
kent controller for the Americas.
He replaces David schoch, who
was named chairman and CEO of
Ford Motor China. Kent, 48, most
recently was Ford’s executive director of investor relations. Since
joining the company in 1987, he
has served as vice chairman and
CFO for Ford Motor Credit, controller for product development
for Ford in Europe and managing
director of corporate planning in
Japan for Mazda.
staples, the $24.5 billion
office products company in
Framingham, Mass., named
Christine komola CFO. She
succeeds John mahoney,
who will continue as vice chairman. Komola, 44, most recently
served as corporate controller
and senior vice president. Since
joining the company in 1997,
she has served as vice president
of planning and control, CFO of
Staples.com and general merchandise manager of furniture
and wholesaler. Prior to joining
Staples, Komola was an audit
manager at Ernst & Young.
Xcel energy, a Minneap- olis-based electricity distributor with $10.3 billion in 2010 rev- enue, named teresa madden CFO and senior vice president. She replaces David sparby, who was appointed group president and senior vice president. Mad- den, 55, joined a predecessor company, Public Service Co. of Colorado, in 1979. She most re- cently was Xcel’s controller and vice president. Earlier, she served as vice president of finance for customer and field operations at Xcel and corporate controller at New Century Energies.
Clorox Co., the Oakland,
Calif.-based consumer products
company with 2010 revenue of
$5.2 billion, named stephen
robb CFO. He succeeds Dan
Heinrich, the CFO since 2003,
who is retiring. Robb, 47, joined
Clorox in 1989 and most recently
served as vice president of global
finance. Earlier, he was director of finance and accounting
for product supply and the Glad
business unit and vice president
for finance and accounting in the
household segment. Robb was
named vice president of financial
planning and analysis in 2004.
Hanesbrands, the
$4.3 billion apparel manufacturer
in Winston-Salem, N.C., named
richard moss CFO. He succeeds interim CFO, controller
and chief accounting officer Dale
boyles, who was named to the
new position of operating CFO.
Moss, 53, has been treasurer at
HanesBrands since 2006. Earlier,
he was CFO and vice president
at Chattem, a manufacturer of
healthcare products. He has also
worked in finance and marketing positions at Sealy Mattress,
Ansaldo Signal, Union Switch &
Signal and GM’s Saturn Corp.
