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Director and CEO Moves
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) $3.14t CA Sabih Khan promoted to COO was SVP Ops succeeds Jeff Williams
BP plc (LON: BP) $61.7b Simon Henry joins Board BM- Rio Tinto plc x- BM- Lloyds Banking Group plc, PetroChina Ltd / Pamela Daley resigns from Board
Hershey (NYSE: HSY) $34.4b PA Kirk Tanner named CEO joins Board BM- VF Corp x- Wendy’s CEO, PepsiCo CEO Beverages NA
Since January 1, 2025: All Boards: Women -73 ~ Men -174: Boards Mkt Cap $5b+: Women +07 ~ Men -22
Baxter Int’l (NYSE: BAX) $15.2b IL Andrew Hider named CEO joins Board BM- Tennant x- ATS Corp CEO, Taylor Made CEO, Danaher Div President succeeds Brent Shafer continues as NonExCOB
Bank of Ireland Grp plc (LON: BIRG) $12.2b Emer Finnan joins Board Ptnr Pres- Kildare Partners x- Investec Ireland, EBS Ltd, NCB Corp Finance, ABN AMRO UK, Salomon Bros UK
Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) $11.6b MA Ms. Janaki Akella, Bas Burger join Board / Akella BM- Southern Co, Sallie Mae x- Google, McKinsey, HP / Burger CEO BT Int’l
Centrica plc (LON: CAN) $7.70b Alessandra Pasini joins Board CoFndr Grp President Zhero x- Snam S.p.A. Grp CEO Storage Div, Barclays, Citi
Clearway Energy (NYSE: CWEN.A) $6.35b NJ Ms. Paige Goodwin joins Board VP US Renewables TotalEnergies succeeds Emmanuel Barrois / TotalEnergies Designees
Core Scientific (NASDAQ: CORZ) $4.46b DE To Be Acq'd by CoreWeave
iRhythm Technologies (NASDAQ: IRTC) $4.42b CA Ms. Karen McGinnis, Kevin O’Boyle join Board / McGinnis BM- Alphatec, Absci / Boyle BM- Outset Medical CFO succeed Ralph Snyderman, Mark Rubash / Snyderman x- Prof Duke University / Rubash x- Eventbrite CFO
IPG Photonics (NASDAQ: IPGP) $3.11b MA Paulus Bucher promoted to SVP Global Operations x- Adtran SVP Global Operations, ADVA, CommScope, Ericsson
Harbour Energy plc (LON: HBR) $2.94b Simon Henry resigns from Board named BM BP plc
DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) $2.92b VA Howard Boville departs as EVP Consulting & Engineering Services
Privia Health (NASDAQ: PRVA) $2.65b VA Lance Berberian joins Board x- Labcorp Chief Information & Technology Officer, IDEXX Lab
Tidewater (NYSE: TDW) $2.39b TX Piers Middleton promoted to COO Chief Commercial Officer x- Clarksons plc Mng Dir
Dunelm Group plc (LON: DNLM) $2.27b Clodagh Moriarty named CEO x- J Sainsbury plc Chief Retail & Technology Officer, Bain succeeds Nick Wilkinson
Wendy's (NASDAQ: WEN) $2.15b OH Kirk Tanner resigns as CEO and from Board
Gogo (NASDAQ: GOGO) $2.08b CO Michael Minihan joins Board x- US Air Force four-star General
Agios Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AGIO) $2.07b MA Jay Backstrom joins Board x- Scholar Rock CEO, Acceleron Pharma EVP R&D
Conmed (NYSE: CNMD) $1.61b FL Ms. Martha Aronson resigns from Board named CEO Merit Medical
Wolverine World Wide (NYSE: WWW) $1.58b MI Ms. Cheryl Abel-Hodges, Jack Boyle join Board / Abel-Hodges CEO Tommy John / Boyle x- Fanatics Pres- Buying NA
Smartstop Self Storage REIT (NYSE: SMA) $1.38b CA Ms. Lora Gotcheva joins Board x- CPP Investments / Canada Pension Plan Mng Dir succeeds Ms. Paula Mathews
Sabre (NASDAQ: SABR) $1.30b TX Scott Wilson departs as Div Pres- Hospitality Solutions / Re sale of Div
Hartman vREIT XXI (Pvt) TX Jeffrey McFerrin joins Board Principal Chemical Specialties Pte Ltd
AG Barr plc (LON: BAG) $.766b Rohit Dhawan joins Board Grp Head AI Lloyds Banking Grp plc x- Amazon, Accenture, SAS, Deloitte, IBM
Victrex plc (LON: VCT) $.642b James Routh named CEO x- CEO AB Dynamics plc succeeds Jakob Sigurdsson
ITM Power plc (LON: ITM) $.515b Warren East, John Howarth join Board / Warren BM- ASML NV x- Rolls-Royce CEO, ARM CEO / John Ptnr S&W llp x- EY, PwC
Funding Circle Holdings plc (LON: FCH) $.399b Richard Harvey joins Board BM- Money & Pension Service, Financial Services Compensation Scheme x- HSBC, GE Money, Barclays
AB Dynamics plc (LON: ABDP) $.356b James Routh resigns as CEO named CEO Victrex plc / Search Underway
Absci (NASDAQ: ABSI) $.336b WA Ms. Mary Szela joins Board CEO Trisalus Life Sciences
Puretech Health plc (LON: PRTC) $.312b Raju Kucherlapati resigns as COB
Aurora UK Alpha plc (LON: ARR) $.287b Alexander Denny joins Board x- Pantheon Mng Dir European Private Wealth, Fidelity Int’l Head Investment Trusts
Quanterix (NASDAQ: QTRX) $.249b MA Scott Mendel, Ms. Myla Lai-Goldman join Board succeed Ms. Sarah Hlavinka, Martin Madaus / Via Acq Akoya Biosciences
Funko (NASDAQ: FNKO) $.238b WA Ms. Cynthia Williams departs as CEO / Out-to-Search-CEO c/o Sarah Martinez SVP People & Culture 2802 Wetmore Avenue Everett, Washington 98201
enGene (NASDAQ: ENGN) $.200b CN William Grossman, Michael Heffernan, Philip Astley-Sparke join Board / BiosLink / Jasper Bos resigns from Board
CFO Moves
Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE: MLM) $33.5b NC Michael Petro promoted to CFO was SVP Strategy & Development x- Wells Fargo Securities, PwC
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: BCRX) $1.83b NC Babar Ghias named CFO CAO Head Development x- AvenCell Therapeutics CFO, Paragon Biosciences
Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) $1.23b NY Ryan Greene promoted to CFO was COO succeeds Frank Lanuto continues as EVP Finance & CAO / MajorReOrg
Sinclair (NASDAQ: SBGI) $.989b MD Narinder Sahai named CFO x- Arcis Golf CFO, RumbleOn, Amazon Web Services succeeds Lucy Rutishauser
Wolfspeed (NYSE: WOLF) $.359b NC Gregor van Issum named CFO x- ams-OSRAM AG Group Controller and Chief Transformation and Performance Officer
General Counsel Moves
Air Products and Chemicals (NYSE: APD) $65.0b PA Sean Major resigns as GC Secy
CNA Financial (NYSE: CAN) $12.2b IL Susan Stone departs as GC
Enerpac Tool Grp (NYSE: EPAC) $2.03b WI Noah Popp named GC Secy x- JBT Marel Corp Regional GC- Americas Secy, Kraft Foods, TMK IPSCO succeeds James Denis
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