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Saturday, December 20, 2025 – Issue 1623

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Director and CEO Moves

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) $1.66t CA Ms. Dina Powell McCormick resigns from Board / VChair President & Global Head Client Srvs BDT & MSD Capital

Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) $202.b CA Brian Miller promoted to Head Digital & AI Strategy was Chief Digital Officer

Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) $188.b CA Neil Smit retires from Board x- Comcast VChair, Comcast Cable President

BP plc (LON: BP) $65.6b Meg O’Neill named CEO to join Board x- Woodside Energy CEO, ExxonMobil succeeds Murray Auchincloss

MPLX LP (NYSE: MPLX) $54.9b OH Ms. Maria Khoury joins GP Board CFO Marathon Petroleum

Since January 1, 2025: All Boards: Women -130 ~ Men -283:

Boards Mkt Cap $5b+: Women +15 ~ Men -00

Link to Board & C-suite Openings:

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) $46.2b GA Glen Hauenstein retires as President / Joe Esposito promoted to Chief Commercial Officer / MajorReOrgLink

Xcel Energy (NASDAQ: XEL) $43.6b MN Ms. Maria Demaree joins Board Chief Information Officer Lockheed Martin

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc (LON: CCEP) $41.2b Laurence Debroux joins Board x- Heineken NV CFO / Tom Johnson to retire from Board and as SrIndDirector

BeOne Medicines (OTCMKTS: BEIGF) $37.8b MA Lai Wang promoted to President Global R&D

PG&E (NYSE: PCG) $34.6b CA Sumeet Singh promoted to CEO Pacific Gas & Electric & EVP Energy Delivery / Marlene Santos to EVP Enterprise Transformation Office / Jason Glickman to EVP Strategy & Growth

Comfort Systems USA (NYSE: FIX) $33.1b TX Trent McKenna promoted to President continues as COO succeeds Brian Lane continues as CEO

Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR) $31.4b NC Jerome Guillen joins Board x- Tesla President, Daimler AG, McKinsey

Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) $27.5b CA Ms. Rose Marcario resigns from Board x- Patagonia CEO x- CFO

Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA) $15.9b CA Rob Bernshteyn, Paul Sagan join Board / Bernshteyn x- Coupa Software CEO / Sagan x- Akamai Technologies CEO / Ms. Maggie Wilderotter resigns from Board x- Frontier Communications ExCOB CEO

Performance Food Grp (NYSE: PFGC) $14.6b VA Scott McPherson promoted to CEO joins Board was COO succeeds George Holm promoted to ExCOB

SEI Investments Co (NASDAQ: SEIC) $10.3b PA Alfred West retires from Board company- Fndr COB CEO

Dycom Industries (NYSE: DY) $9.97b FL Luis Avila-Marco to leave Board x- Cox Enterprises SVP Strategy & Corp Development

Levi Strauss (NYSE: LEVI) $8.98b CA Jeffrey Jones joins Board BM- Advance Auto Parts x- H&R Block CEO, Uber Technologies President, Target Chief Marketing Officer

Centrica plc (LON: CAN) $7.76b Heidi Mottram departs from Board CEO Northumbrian Water Ltd x- British Rail, Midland Mainline Ltd

Ryder System (NYSE: R) $7.71b FL Ms. Tammy Romo joins Board BM- Tenet Healthcare x- Southwest Airline CFO succeeds Ms. Abbie Smith Prof Accounting Univ Chicago

Avantor (NYSE: AVTR) $7.64b PA Simon Dingemans joins Board BM- Vodafone Grp, WPP plc, Genomics Ltd x- Carlyle Group Mng Dir Ptnr UK, GSK CFO, Goldman Sachs, SG Warburg

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: RYTM) $7.48b MA Ms. Camille Bedrosian resigns from Board x- Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Chief Medical Officer

Games Workshop Grp plc (LON: GAW) $6.44b Nilufer Kheraj joins Board BM- Legal & General Group plc x- Slaughter and May Executive / Kate Marsh retires from Board

Bausch + Lomb (NYSE: BLCO) $6.01b CN Eduardo Alfonso, Steven Collis join Board / Alfonso BM- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Chair Ophthalmology Univ Miami / Collis BM- Elevance Health x- Cencora ExCOB CEO

Shift4 Payments (NYSE: FOUR) $5.70b PA Taylor Lauber promoted to COB succeeds ExCOB Jared Isaacman appt 15th Administrator NASA Trump Admin

Beazley plc (LON: BEZ) $4.99b Paul Bantick promoted to Group Chief Underwriting Officer was Head of Cyber Risks

Axos Financial (NYSE: AX) $4.99b NV David Park resigns as Pres- Head Commercial Banking

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CRNX) $4.16b CA Dana Pizzuti departs as Chief Medical & Development Officer

Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) $3.76b MO James Grech to retire as CEO upon naming a successor

Freshworks (NASDAQ: FRSH) $3.53b CA Zachary Nelson retires from Board x- NetSuite CEO

Otter Tail (NASDAQ: OTTR) $3.45b MN Chris Clark, Steve Rasche join Board / Clark / Rasche x- Northern States Power Pres- / Rasche x- Spire CFO succeed Steven Fritze

Ondas (NASDAQ: ONDS) $3.13b MA Patrick Huston promoted to COO continues as GC Secy x- US Army Brigadier General

Quantum Computing (NASDAQ: QUBT) $2.37b NJ Yuping Huang promoted to CEO was interim- CEO continues as COB

Progyny (NASDAQ: PGNY) $2.25b NY Michael Sturmer departs as President position eliminated

SM Energy (NYSE: SM) $2.14b CO Ken Knott departs as SVP Business Development & Land

Sylvamo (NYSE: SLVM) $2.03b TN John Sims promoted to CEO joins Board was COO succeeds Jean-Michel Ribiéras / David Petratis to COB was LD x- Allegion plc CEO

Mach Natural Resources LP (NYSE: MNR) $1.94b OK Chris Burn joins Board x- Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Chief Investment Officer succeeds Francis Keating x- Governor Oklahoma

Sharplink Gaming (NASDAQ: SBET) $1.90b MN Joseph Chalom promoted to CEO joins Board was CoCEO / Rob Phythian departs as CoCEO resigns from Board

Monarch Casino & Resort (NASDAQ: MCRI) $1.82b NV Ms. Hope Taitz joins Board CEO ELY Capital BM- Athene Hldgs, Summit Hotel Properties succeeds Ms. Yvette Landau x- Mandalay Resort Grp GC

Five9 (NASDAQ: FIVN) $1.68b CA Amit Mathradas promoted to CEO joins Board x- Nintex USA CEO, Avalara COO, PayPal, Web.com succeeds Michael Burkland x- company CEO

Liberty Latin America (NASDAQ: LILA) $1.65b CO Eric Zinterhofer resigns from Board Fndr Ptnr Searchlight Capital Partners

PureyCycle Technologies (NASDAQ: PCT) $1.59b FL Ms. Valerie Mars joins Board x- Mars Head Corp Development, BM- Mars Family Office / Sylebra Capital Designee

Phibro Animal Health (NASDAQ: PAHC) $1.51b NJ Daniel Bendheim promoted to CEO continues on Board was EVP Strategy succeeds (father) Jack Bendheim continues as ExCOB

Ardelyx (NASDAQ: ARDX) $1.43b MA Edward Conner resigns as Chief Medical Officer

N-Able (NYSE: NABL) $1.42b MA Patrick Pulvermueller joins Board Fndr WebPros

Nationwide Building Society (LON: NBS) $1.38b Guy Bainbridge joins Board BM- Manulife Financial, ICE Clear Europe Ltd x- KPMG Ptnr / Anand Aithal, David Bennett retire from Board

Two Harbors Investment (NYSE: TWO) $1.18b MN / To Be Acq’d by UWM Holdings (NYSE: UWMC) $7.68b

Mission Produce (NASDAQ: AVO) $.983b CA John Pawlowski promoted to CEO was COO succeeds Stephen Barnard to ExCOB succeeds Stephen Beebe retires from Board / Linda Segre to LD

Helix Energy Solutions Grp (NYSE: HLX) $.979b TX Owen Kratz to retire as CEO and from Board upon naming a successor

WH Smith plc (LON: SMWH) $.824b Nicky Dulieu to leave Board

Compass Minerals Int’l (NYSE: CMP) $.802b KS Russell Ball, Ms. Denise Merle, Mark Roberts, David Safran join Board / Ball x- Calibre Mining CEO / Merle Weyerhaeuser CHRO / Roberts x- Morton Salt CEO / Safran CEO Innovative Surface Solutions

Cars.com (NYSE: CARS) $.766b IL Tobi Hartmann named CEO joins Board x- Scout24 SE Grp COB CEO, HelloFresh SE succeeds Alex Vetter

Arko (NASDAQ: ARKO) $.566b VA Yona Fogel joins Board VChair Med-Red Land Bridge Ltd x- Paz Oil Grp CEO succeeds Steven Heyer Fndr Mistral Equity Partners

Better Home & Finance (NASDAQ: BETR) $.540b NY Barry Feierstein named COO x- Hamilton Insurance Agency COO, Open Castle COO, EasyKnock, McKinsey

Ibex Ltd (NASDAQ: IBEX) $.511b WDC Shuja Keen re-joins Board Mng Dir Resource Grp Int’l

RMR Grp (NASDAQ: RMR) $.487b MA Matthew Jordan promoted to Mng Dir was COO, CFO succeeds Jennifer Clark

Bain Capital GSS Investment (NYSE: BCSS) $.473b MA Michael Purves joins Board CEO Tallbacken Capital Advisors

Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd (NASDAQ: PANL) $.463b RI Gene Davis joins Board Fndr Pirinate Consulting / Via Strategic Shipping Agreement / Ms. Christina Tan resigns from Board MT Maritime Mgmt ExCOB

PureTech Health (LON: PRTC) $.300b Robert Lyne promoted to CEO was interim- CEO as Chief Portfolio Officer x- Arix Bioscience plc CEO

Zura Bio (NASDAQ: ZURA) $.285b NV Arnout Ploos van Amstel resigns from Board Fndr Apaxcel Life Sciences GmbH

Vor Biopharma (NASDAQ: VOR) $.284b MA Andrew Levin, Wouter Joustra join Board / Levin Ptnr RA Capital Mgmt & Designee / Wouter GP Forbion succeed Ms. Sarah Reed GC Ra Capital Mgmt

USBC (NYSEAMERICAN: USBC) $.264b NV Kirk Chapman departs as COO position eliminated

Literacy Capital plc (LON: BOOK) $.231b Dawn Marriott joins Board x- Hg Capital Ptnr BM- JTC plc succeeds Simon Downing

Vp plc (LON: VP) $.215b Alice Woodwark named CEO BM- Housebuilder Vistry Group plc x- Mitie Group plc Mng Dir, Compass Group UK, McKinsey joins Board succeeds Anna Bielby

Playboy (NASDAQ: PLBY) $.198b CA Ms. Natalia Premovic resigns from Board x- Netflix Head Int’l Consumer e-Commerce, Disney Head e-Commerce

Cartesian Therapeutics (NASDAQ: RNAC) $.195b MD Adrian Bot joins Board Chief Scientific Officer EVP R&D Capstan Therapeutics x- Kite Pharma, MannKind, Alliance Pharmaceutical

CFO Moves

Marathon Petroleum (NYSE: MPC) $51.3b OH Maria Khoury named CFO x- Danaher Grp CFO Biotechnology & Life Sciences, GE Healthcare, GE Oil & Gas, Cargill

Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) $13.2b PA Erica Mainardi promoted to CAO was Director FP&A x- DuPont de Nemours, BrightView, EY succeeds Michael Grubb

BioMarin Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ: BMRN) $9.97b CA Rashmi Ramchandani named CAO x- Gilead Sciences Controller, Strava, Clorox, McKesson, Deloitte

Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE: EPRT) $6.05b NJ Robert Salisbury promoted to CFO was SVP Finance x- Almanac Realty Investors / Neuberger Berman, Citadel Investment Grp

Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE: AKR) $2.70b NY David Buell named CAO x- Kite Realty Grp CAO, Controller, KPMG succeeds Richard Hartmann

Sprinklr (NYSE: CXM) $1.95b NY Ms. Michele Meyers named CAO x- Coursera CAO, Black Knight, Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA, Deloitte succeeds Anthony Coletta continues as CFO

Coursera (NYSE: COUR) $1.30b CA Michele Meyers departs as CAO

Alight (NYSE: ALIT) $1.13b IL Jeremy Heaton resigns as CFO

Workspace Group plc (LON: WKP) $.742b Tom Edwards-Moss named CFO-Designate x- Hibernia Real Estate Group Ltd CEO x- CFO to succeeds Dave Benson

Daily Journal (NASDAQ: DJCO) $.736b CA Erik Nakamura promoted to CFO was Div CFO Journal Technologies, x- Orange Comet, Nogin, KPMG

Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) $.532b CA Jevy Luo departs as Controller CAO

Legacy Housing (NASDAQ: LEGH) $.481b TX Jon Langbert named CFO x- Plush Suites President

Zevra Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ZVRA) $.464b FL Timothy Sangiovanni appty interim- CFO was Controller CAO

General Counsel Moves

Comfort Systems USA (NYSE: FIX) $33.1b TX Rachel Eslicker promoted to GC Secy was Associate GC Secy succeeds Laura Howell

Parsons (NYSE: PSN) $6.62b VA John Martinez named CLO x- Maximus CLO Secy, GE Aerospace GC, Raytheon Intelligence & Space GC succeeds Michael Kolloway

Maximus (NYSE: MMS) $4.82b VA John Martinez resigns as CLO & Secy

Vera Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VERA) $3.40b CA Jason Carter departs as CLO

Ondas (NASDAQ: ONDS) $3.13b MA Patrick Huston promoted to COO continues as GC Secy x- US Army Brigadier General

Hawkins (NASDAQ: HWKN) $3.04b MN Richard Erstad retires as GC Secy

Ardelyx (NASDAQ: ARDX) $1.43b MA Elizabeth Grammer resigns as CLO & Admin Officer

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