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CEO Stats Q1 2025: In the first Quarter of 2025 there were 95 CEO changes; 56 promoted from within and 39 were external hires.
Of those promoted from within: 49 were Men and 5 were Women, 15 were CFOs, 26 were COOs or Div Executives, 3 were interim- CEOs and 8 came off the Board
Of the external hires: 34 were Men and 5 were Women (6 Women were replaced), 12 were prior CEOs, 27 were COOs or Div Executives and 9 came off the Board
BoardOpenings
Kaiser Aluminum (NASDAQ: KALU) $1.24b TN / BoardOpening c/o Michael C. Arnold Chair NCGC 1550 West McEwen Drive, Suite 500 Franklin, TN 37067
AnaptysBio Inc NASDAQ: ANAB $.791b / BoardOpening c/o Hollings Renton Chair NCGC 10770 Wateridge Circle Suite 210 San Diego, CA 92121-5801
Anavex Life Sciences Corp NASDAQ: AVXL $1.04b / BoardOpening c/o Claus van der Velden Chair NCGC 630 5th Avenue 20th Floor New York, NY 10111
Who’s on our list: Boards with Directors over the age of 70 and no recent appointments and those that lack 30% gender diversity. Our analysis shows that even if these Boards don’t have an Active Search they will add a Directors in the next 6 to 18-months.
BridgeBio Pharma Inc NASDAQ: BBIO $8.79b / BoardOpening c/o Ali Satvat Chair NCGC 3160 Porter Drive, Suite 250, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
Brightview Holdings Inc NYSE: BV $1.55b / BoardOpening c/o Jim Abrahamson Chair NGC 980 Jolly Road Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 19422
Capitol Federal Financial Inc NASDAQ: CFFN $.827b / BoardOpening c/o Jeffrey M. Johnson Chair NC 700 South Kansas Avenue, Topeka Kansas 66603
CareDx Inc NASDAQ: CDNA $.718b / BoardOpening c/o Art Torres Chair GNC 8000 Marina Blvd Brisbane, CA 94005
Inotiv Inc NASDAQ: NOTV $.073b / BoardOpening c/o Michael J. Harrington Chair NCGC 2701 Kent Avenue West Lafayette, IN 47906-1382
Inseego Corp NASDAQ: INSG $.111b / BoardOpening c/o James B. Avery Chair NCGC 9710 Scranton Road, Suite 200 San Diego, California 92121
Jack In The Box Inc NASDAQ: JACK $.437b / BoardOpening c/o Madeleine A. Kleiner Chair NGC 9357 Spectrum Center Blvd., San Diego, CA 92123
Kalvista Pharmaceuticals Inc NASDAQ: KALV $.706b / BoardOpening c/o Nancy Stuart Chair NCGC 55 Cambridge Parkway, Suite 901E, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
Lamar Advertising Co NASDAQ: LAMR $12.7b / BoardOpening c/o John E. Koerner, III Chair NGC P.O. Box 66338 Baton Rouge, LA 70896
LPL Financial Holdings Inc NASDAQ: LPLA $30.6b / BoardOpening c/o Anne M. Mulcahy Chair NGC 1055 LPL Way Fort Mill, SC 29715
MaxCyte Inc NASDAQ: MXCT $.243b / BoardOpening c/o Patrick J. Balthrop Chair NGC 9713 Key West Avenue, Suite 400, Rockville, Maryland 20850
Monster Beverage Corp NASDAQ: MNST $58.8b / BoardOpening c/o Mark S. Vidergauz LD Chair NCGC 1 Monster Way Corona, California 92879
Nabors Industries OTCMKTS: NBRWF $.552b / BoardOpening c/o Michael C. Linn Chair ESGC Crown House, 2nd Floor, 4 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton, HM08, Bermuda, or by mail to P.O. Box HM3349, Hamilton, HMPX, Bermuda
C-suite Openings / CFO & GC noted below
Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) $99.6b CA Manuel Bronstein resigns as Chief Product Officer / Out-to-Search? c/o Arvind KC Chief People & Systems Officer 3150 South Delaware Street, San Mateo, California 94403
TTM Technologies (NASDAQ: TTMI) $4.79b CA Thomas Edman to retire as CEO upon naming a successor / Out-to-Search-CEO c/o Shawn Powers CHRO 200 East Sandpointe, Suite 400, Santa Ana, CA 92707
Five9 (NASDAQ: FIVN) $2.04b CA Michael Burkland to retire as CEO / Out-to-search-CEO c/o Tiffany Meriweather Chief Admin & Legal Officer 3001 Bishop Drive, Suite 350 San Ramon, CA 94583
Topgolf Callaway Brands (NYSE: MODG) $1.70b CA Arthur Starrs resigns as Topgolf Div CEO / Out-to-Search-CEO c/o Becky Fine Chief People Officer 2180 Rutherford Road Carlsbad CA 92008-7328
Daktronics (NASDAQ: DAKT) $.790b SD / Out-to-Search-CEO c/o Carla Gatzke VP HR 201 Daktronics Drive Brookings, SD 57006
Daktronics (NASDAQ: DAKT) $.790b SD Sheila Anderson departs as Chief Data & Analytics Officer / Out-to-Search? c/o Carla Gatzke VP HR 201 Daktronics Drive Brookings, SD 57006
Destination XL Grp (NASDAQ: DXLG) $.067b MA James Reath resigns as Chief Marketing Officer / Out-to-Search? c/o Stacey Jones CHRO 555 Turnpike Street Canton, Massachusetts 02021
C3.ai (NYSE: AI) $3.54b CA Thomas Siebel to resign as CEO to continue as ExCOB / Out-to-Search-CEO c/o Thomas Siebel COB CEO 1400 Seaport Blvd Redwood City, CA 94063
Community Health Systems (NYSE: CYH) $.544b TN Tim Hingtgen retires as CEO and from Board / Out-to-Search-CEO c/o Wayne T. Smith COB 4000 Meridian Boulevard Franklin, Tennessee 37067
Eaton (NYSE: ETN) $149.b OH Ernest Marshall departs as CHRO / Out-to-Search? c/o Paulo Ruiz CEO 100 Eaton Blvd Cleveland OH 44122
United Parks & Resorts (NYSE: PRKS) $2.84b FL Michael Rady resigns as CHRO / Out-to-Search? c/o Marc Swanson CEO 6240 Sea Harbor Drive Orlando, Florida 32821
Ryerson (NYSE: RYI) $.773b IL John Orth departs as EVP Ops / Out-to-Search? c/o Mark Silver GC CHRO 227 W. Monroe St. 27th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60606
Duluth (NASDAQ: DLTH) $.088b WI Eli Getson resigns as Chief Merchandising Officer / Out-to-Search? c/o Stephanie Pugliese CEO 201 East Front Street Mount Horeb, Wisconsin 53572
Lixte Biotechnology (NASDAQ: LIXT) $.011b CA Jan Schellens resigns as Chief Medical Officer / Out-to-Search? c/o Geordan Pursglove COB CEO 680 East Colorado Boulevard, Suite 180 Pasadena, California 91101
FedEx (NYSE: FDX) $54.7b TN Sriram Krishnasamy departs as Chief Digital & Information Officer & Chief Transformation Officer / Out-to-Search? c/o 942 South Shady Grove Road, Memphis, Tennessee 38120
Financial Officer Openings
Grindr (NYSE: GRND) $3.35b CA Vanna Krantz to depart as CFO upon naming successor / Out-to-Search-CFO c/o George Arison CEO PO Box 69176, 750 N. San Vicente Blvd., Suite RE 1400 West Hollywood, California 90069
Microvast (NASDAQ: MVST) $.982b TX Carl Schultz departs as CFO / Out-to-Search? c/o Yang Wu Fndr COB CEO 12603 Southwest Freeway, Suite 300 Stafford, Texas 77477
Daktronics (NASDAQ: DAKT) $.790b SD / Out-to-Search-CFO c/o Carla Gatzke VP HR 201 Daktronics Drive Brookings, SD 57006
Orion SA (NYSE: OEC) $.582b TX Jeff Glajch to retire as CFO / Out-to-Search-CFO c/o Corning F. Painter CEO 1700 City Plaza Drive, Suite 300 Spring, Texas 77389
Airsculpt Technologies (NASDAQ: AIRS) $.358b FL Dennis Dean to retire as CFO / Philip Bodie resigns as CAO / Out-to-Search-CFO c/o Yogi Jashnani CEO 1111 Lincoln Road, Suite 802 Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Butterfly Network (NYSE: BFLY) $.354b MA Heather Getz departs as CFO / Out-to-Search-CFO c/o Joseph DeVivo COB CEO 1600 District Avenue Burlington, MA 01803
MSC Industrial Direct (NYSE: MSM) $4.86b NY Kristen Actis-Grande resigns as CFO / Out-to-Search-CFO c/o Erik Gershwind CEO 515 Broadhollow Road, Suite 1000, Melville, New York 11747
Complete Solaria (NASDAQ: SPWR) $.135b CA Daniel Foley resigns as CFO / Out-to-Search-CFO c/o TJ Rodgers CEO 45700 Northport Loop East, Fremont, CA 94538
Zynex (NASDAQ: ZYXI) $.074b CO Dan Moorhead resigns as CFO / Out-to-Search-CFO c/o Thomas Sandgaard COB 9655 Maroon Circle, Englewood, CO 80112
CPI Aerostructures (NYSEAMERICAN: CVU) $.044b NY Ms. Pamela Levesque appt interim- CFO continues on Board / Out-to-Search-CFO c/o Dorith Hakim CEO 91 Heartland Boulevard, Edgewood, New York 11717
Nauticus Robotics (NASDAQ: KITT) $.037b TX / Out-to-Search-CFO c/o John W. Gibson CEO 17146 Feathercraft Lane, Suite 450, Webster, TX 77598
Boxlight (NASDAQ: BOXL) $.006b GA / Out-to-Search-CFO c/o Dale Strang CEO 2750 Premiere Parkway, Ste. 900 Duluth, Georgia 30097
Upwork (NASDAQ: UPWK) $1.74b CA Olivier Marie resigns as CAO / Out-to-Search-CAO c/o Erica Gessert CFO 530 Lytton Avenue, Suite 301 Palo Alto, California 94301
Lindsay (NYSE: LNN) $1.50b NE Brian Ketcham retires as CFO / Out-to-Search-CFO c/o Kelly M. Staup Chief People Officer 18135 Burke Street Suite 100 Omaha, Nebraska 68022
VIP Play (OTCMKTS: VIPZ) $.018b NV James Mackey resigns as CFO / Out-to-Search? c/o Bruce Cassidy CEO 8400 W. Sunset Rd., Suite 300, Las Vegas, Nevada 89113
Webster Financial (NYSE: WBS) $10.3b CT Albert Wang resigns as CAO / Out-to-Search-CAO c/o Javier Evans CHRO 200 Elm Street, Stamford, Connecticut 06902
Willscot (NASDAQ: WSC) $5.55b AZ Sally Shanks departs as CAO / Out-to-Search-CAO? c/o Felicia Gorcyca CHRO 4646 E Van Buren St., Suite 400 Phoenix, Arizona 85008
Sleep Number (NASDAQ: SNBR) $.185b MN Francis Lee departs as CFO / Out-to-Search-CFO c/o Linda Findley CEO 1001 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404
General Counsel Openings
Danaher (NYSE: DHR) $140.b WDC Brian Ellis to retire as GC / Out-to-Search-CLO? c/o Georgeann Couchara SVP HR 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 800W Washington, DC 20037-1701
Hertz Global (NASDAQ: HTZ) $1.85b FL Katherine Lee Martin resigns as GC Secy / Out-to-Search-GC c/o Eric Leef CHRO 8501 Williams Road Estero, Florida 33928
Int’l Money Express (NASDAQ: IMXI) $.262b FL Robert Pargac resigns as CLO Secy / Out-to-Search-CLO? c/o Robert Lisy CEO 9100 South Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1100, Miami, Florida 33156
GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO) $.189b CA Eve Saltman departs as CLO Secy / Out-to-Search? c/o Tim Betry SVP People & Places 3025 Clearview Way, San Mateo, CA 94402
CECO Environmental (NASDAQ: CECO) $2.38b TX Ms. Lynn Watkins-Asiyanbi departs as Chief Admin & Legal Officer / Out-to-Search? c/o Todd Gleason CEO 5080 Spectrum Drive Suite 800E Addison, Texas 75001
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