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Moves in this Issue
CEO
ACCO, ALTO, BRDS, BROS, CUTR, EWCZ, FREY, MRTX, NKLA, RNG, VVV, WWW
CFO
AN, ELV, FULC, GME, HLIO, HLNE, HPE, III, INTA, JACK, LESL, MELI, OSCR, OXY, QTRX, SKIN, SMR, SPLP, SSNC
Directors
ACCO, ADEA, AMRS, ASTS, BOOM, BRBR, CAT, CIFR, CTV, DAVE, DICE, DNMR, ERNA, EWCZ, FFIE, FIAC, FREY, GWAV, HAE, IR, JELD, LTRX, LUMN, MFIC, MRTX, NCMI, NEXT, NKLA, NUE, OMIC, PICC, RDN, RFL, SFT, SGLY, SLDP, SNPS, THC, TMPO, TRDA, VVV, WE, WSC, WW, WWW, WYNN, XELA, XENE, YUM, ZVRA
CEO Moves
ACCO BRANDS CORP (ACCO)
Leaving: CEO – Boris Elisman ( 10.6 yrs; -1.1% TSR)
Replaced by: Thomas W Tedford
Thomas W. Tedford, who before being appointed to this position in December, 2010 had been the Company’s Chief Marketing and Product Development officer since joining the Company in May, 2010. Prior to that time Mr. Tedford had been Group Vice President, 24 Client Services since February, 2007 and Vice President, Healthcare and Media Sales since May 2004, serving in those two positions for APAC Cus…read full bio
ALTO INGREDIENTS INC (ALTO)
Leaving: CEO – Michael D Kandris ( 3.3 yrs; 116.9% TSR)
Replaced by: Bryon T McGregor
Bryon T. McGregor has served as our Chief Financial Officer since November 19, 2009. Mr. McGregor served as Vice President, Finance at Alto Ingredients from September 2008 until he became Interim Chief Financial Officer in April 2009. Prior to joining Alto Ingredients, Mr. McGregor was employed as Senior Director for E*TRADE Financial from February 2002 to August 2008, serving in various capacitie…read full bio
BIRD GLOBAL INC (BRDS)
Leaving: CEO – Shane Torchiana ( .9 yrs; -82.1% TSR)
Replaced by: Michael Washinushi
Michael Washinushi has served as our Chief Financial Officer since January 3, 2023. Prior to joining the Company, from September 2015 to September 2022, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of FreshBooks, a technology company serving small business owners with a cloud accounting solution. Mr. Washinushi was responsible for the financial, planning & analysis, accounting, government relations an…read full bio
CUTERA INC (CUTR)
Leaving: CEO – Sheila Hopkins ( .3 yrs; )
Replaced by: Taylor C Harris
Mr. Harris served as the Chief Financial Officer for MyoKardia, Inc., from April 2018 until that company’s acquisition by Bristol Myers Squibb in November 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Harris served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc., until that company’s acquisition by Allergan plc. He also served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Thoratec Co…read full bio
DUTCH BROS INC (BROS)
Leaving: CEO – Joth Ricci ( 2.3 yrs; -21.9% TSR)
Replaced by: Christine Barone
Christine Barone, 49 President Ms. Barone has served as our President and the President of Dutch Bros OpCo since February 2023. Ms. Barone has worked in the food service and beverage industries for more than a decade, and most recently served as Chief Executive Officer at True Food Kitchen, a high growth restaurant and lifestyle brand, from August 2016 to February 2023. Prior to that, she served i…read full bio
EUROPEAN WAX CENTER INC (EWCZ)
Leaving: CEO – David P Berg ( 2.1 yrs; -4.3% TSR)
Replaced by: David L Willis
David L. Willis has served as our President and Chief Operating Officer since March 2023. Previously, he was our Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer from January 2022 to March 2023. Mr. Willis joined the Company as our Chief Financial Officer in July 2016. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Willis served as an Operating Partner for Riata Capital Group, LLC from October 2014 to July …read full bio
MIRATI THERAPEUTICS INC (MRTX)
Leaving: CEO – David D Meek ( 1.9 yrs; -53.7% TSR)
Replaced by: Charles M Baum
Charles M. Baum, M.D., Ph.D. has served as our President, Founder, and Head of Research and Development since September 2021 and previously served as our Chief Executive Officer from November 2012 to September 2021. Dr. Baum also has served as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2012. From June 2003 to September 2012, he was at Pfizer as Senior Vice President for Biotherapeutic Clini…read full bio
NIKOLA CORP (NKLA)
Leaving: CEO – Michael Lohscheller ( .8 yrs; -25.8% TSR)
Replaced by: Stephen J Girsky
Stephen J. Girsky Biographical Information Stephen J. Girsky served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of VectoIQ, our predecessor company, from January 2018 to June 2020 and continues to serve on our board of directors following the completion of the Business Combination. Mr. Girsky is a Managing Partner of VectoIQ, LLC, an independent advisory and investment firm based in New …read full bio
RINGCENTRAL INC (RNG)
Leaving: CEO – Vladimir Shmunis ( 24.6 yrs; 7.9% TSR)
Replaced by: Tarek Robbiati
Tarek Robbiati has served on our board of directors since December 2022. Mr. Robbiati has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. since September 2018. Before Joining Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Mr. Robbiati served as Chief Financial Officer of Sprint Corporation from August 2015 to February 2018. Prior to that, Mr. Robbiati served as Chief Exe…read full bio
VALVOLINE INC (VVV)
Leaving: CEO – Samuel J Mitchell ( 7.0 yrs; 8.6% TSR)
Replaced by: Lori Ann Flees
Lori A. Flees has served as Valvoline’s Senior Vice President and President, Retail Services since April 2022. Prior to joining Valvoline, Ms. Flees held leadership positions at Walmart Inc., serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Health & Wellness from August 2020 to March 2022; Senior Vice President and General Merchandising Manager, Sam’s Club Health & Wellness from Jun…read full bio
CFO Moves
Leaving: CFO – Diana Saadeh-Jajeh ( 1.1 yrs; -28.6% TSR)
Replaced by: Daniel Moore
Mr. Moore, 40 years old, has served as the Company’s Vice President, Corporate Global Controller since September 2022, and as Vice President, Global Tax since July 2021. Prior to joining the Company in 2021, Mr. Moore held the position of Vice President, Tax at Elevate Textiles, and Director of International Tax at Roper Technologies. Overall, Mr. Moore has over 18 years’ experience…read full bio
HAMILTON LANE INC (HLNE)
Leaving: CFO – Atul Varma ( 3.6 yrs; 13.8% TSR)
Replaced by: Jeffrey Armbrister
Mr. Armbrister, 50, joined the Company in November 2018 as a Managing Director and has served as Global Head of Direct Equity Investments since September 2019 where he has been responsible for direction and oversight of the firm’s direct equity / co-investment platform, a role that includes service on the boards of companies in which the Company has invested on behalf of clients. Prior to joining …read full bio
HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC (HLIO)
Leaving: CFO – Tricia L Fulton ( 17.4 yrs; 13.0% TSR)
Replaced by: Sean P. Bagan
Mr. Bagan, age 47, joins Helios after serving Polaris Inc., a global leader in powersports and off-road innovation (“Polaris”), in various roles for 23 years. Most recently, Mr. Bagan served as Vice President, Finance – Business Unit CFO for International & Shared Services for Polaris from January 2020 to the present and as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Offic…read full bio
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CO (HPE)
Leaving: CFO – Tarek Robbiati ( 4.9 yrs; 4.9% TSR)
Replaced by: Jeremy Cox
Mr. Cox will continue to serve as HPE’s Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller, Chief Tax Officer and Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. Cox, 46, has served as HPE’s Senior Vice President, Controller, Chief Tax Officer and Principal Accounting Officer since July 2022. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President, Global Tax and Head of Products and Services Finance from May 2021 to July 2022…read full bio
INFORMATION SERVICES GROUP INC (III)
Leaving: CFO – Humberto P Alfonso ( 2.2 yrs; 1.8% TSR)
Replaced by: Michael A. Sherrick
Michael A. Sherrick, 51, Mr. Sherrick was most recently Chief Operating Officer of Software & Platform Engineering at Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (“Cognizant”), a global provider of information technology, consulting and business process services. Mr. Sherrick joined Cognizant in 2016 and has held a series of roles, including Chief Operating Officer of Cognizant A…read full bio
MERCADOLIBRE INC (MELI)
Leaving: CFO – Pedro Arnt ( 12.2 yrs; 24.4% TSR)
Replaced by: Martin De Los Santos
Martin de los Santos, 38, joined our Board in January 2008. Mr. de los Santos is a Director of Business Development at Corporacion IMPSA (Pescarmona Group of Companies) where he has served in that position since 2003 and is responsible for merger and acquisition transactions as well as structured finance transactions. From 1993 to 1995, Mr. de los Santos worked at Goldman Sachs in the Investment B…read full bio
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP (OXY)
Leaving: CFO – Robert Peterson ( 3.3 yrs; 50.0% TSR)
Replaced by: Sunil Mathew
Sunil Mathew, 53, was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective as of August 9, 2023. Mr. Mathew has 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He most recently served as Vice President Strategic Planning, Analysis and Business Development since April 2020 where he directed the Company’s planning and global business development functions and supp…read full bio
Director Joins
ACCO BRANDS CORP (ACCO)
Thomas W Tedford
Thomas W. Tedford, who before being appointed to this position in December, 2010 had been the Company’s Chief Marketing and Product Development officer since joining the Company in May, 2010. Prior to that time Mr. Tedford had been Group Vice President, 24 Client Services since February, 2007 and Vi…read full bio
AMYRIS INC (AMRS)
M Freddie Reiss
Mr. Reiss will be a member of the Restructuring Committee of the Board. Mr. Reiss retired from his role as Senior Managing Director in the Corporate Finance/Restructuring practice of FTI Consulting, Inc. in 2013. Mr. Reiss has over 30 years of experience in strategic planning, cash management, liqui…read full bio
CIPHER MINING INC (CIFR)
Robert Flatley
Robert Flatley brings over 30 years of career experience that includes roles as Chief Executive Officer, founder, Managing Director, and board member of regulated financial services institutions and financial technology companies. Since…read full bio
ENTRADA THERAPEUTICS INC (TRDA)
Gina Chapman
As President and CEO of CARGO Therapeutics, Ms. Chapman is leading the company’s development of next-generation CAR T-cell therapies that address multiple mechanisms of resistance to deliver therapies to people living with cancer. Since joining CARGO in May of 2022, she has …read full bio
EUROPEAN WAX CENTER INC (EWCZ)
David L Willis
David L. Willis has served as our President and Chief Operating Officer since March 2023. Previously, he was our Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer from January 2022 to March 2023. Mr. Willis joined the Company as our Chief Financial Officer in July 2016. Prior to joining the Compan…read full bio
FOCUS IMPACT ACQUISITION CORP (FIAC)
Carl Stanton
Carl Stanton has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company since its initial public offering. Mr. Stanton brings nearly three decades of experience in leading companies across transformative Private Equity/Alternative Asset management with a proven track record in creating shareholder value. …read full bio
GREENWAVE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC (GWAV)
Jason T Adelman
Jason Adelman brings extensive experience in advising and investing in emerging growth companies in the technology, media, medical device and biotech sectors. Mr. Adelman was the lead banker in Computer Motion’s merger with Intuitive Surgical (Nasdaq: ISRG) and was a member of the boa…read full bio
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC (LUMN)
James Fowler
Jim is an advocate for innovation and digital transformation with more than 25 years of experience in technology leadership roles for Fortune 100 companies. Currently, he is the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Nationwide Insurance, chartered with modernizing core technolo…read full bio
NATIONAL CINEMEDIA INC (NCMI)
Jean- Phillipe Maheu
Lori A. Flees has served as Valvoline’s Senior Vice President and President, Retail Services since April 2022. Prior to joining Valvoline, Ms. Flees held leadership positions at Walmart Inc., serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Health & Wellness from August 2020 to March …read full bio
WEWORK INC (WE)Paul Aronzon
Paul Aronzon has served as a director of WeWork since August 2023. Mr. Aronzon is a strategic financial consultant with exte…read full bio
Paul Keglevic
Mr. Keglevic previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Energy Future Holdings, from 2016 to 2018. He also held a number of roles at the company including EVP and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer. Prior to that, Mr. Keglevic served as an audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers …read full bio
WEWORK INC (WE)Henry S Miller
Henry S. Miller has served as a director of WeWork since August 2023. Mr. Miller has been co-founder and partner of Marblegate Asset Management, LLC, since 2009, where he also previously served as Chairman. Prior to that, Mr. Miller was co-founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Miller Buckfir…read full bio
WEWORK INC (WE)Elizabeth A Lapuma
Elizabeth LaPuma has served as a director of WeWork since August 2023. Ms. LaPuma has advised on landmark transactions across industries and around the globe for over 20 years and in matters totaling trillions of dollars in value. Ms. LaPuma most recently was the Head of UBS’s Balance Sheet Advis…read full bio
WILLSCOT MOBILE MINI HOLDINGS CORP (WSC)
Natalia Johnson
Natalia Johnson, age 45, has served as Chief Administrative Officer at Public Storage (NYSE: PSA) since 2020. Previously, Ms. Johnson was Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, from 2018, and prior to that was Senior Vice President of Human Resources, a position she…read full bio
WYNN RESORTS LTD (WYNN)
Paul Albert Liu
Director Exits
AST SPACEMOBILE INC (ASTS)
Tareq Amin ( 2.3 yrs; -36.5% TSR)
CATERPILLAR INC (CAT)
Kelly Ayotte ( 6.0 yrs; 18.8% TSR)
Committees: EXECUTIVE, Nominating (and Governance), Public Policy and Governance, SUSTAINABILITY AND OTHER PUBLIC POLICY
DANIMER SCIENTIFIC INC (DNMR)
Christy A Basco ( 2.7 yrs; -40.6% TSR)
Committees: Audit
DICE THERAPEUTICS INC (DICE)
Jake Simson ( 1.9 yrs; 18.3% TSR)
DICE THERAPEUTICS INC (DICE)
Lisa Bowers ( 1.4 yrs; 96.8% TSR)
DICE THERAPEUTICS INC (DICE)
Sharon Tetlow ( 1.9 yrs; 18.3% TSR)
DICE THERAPEUTICS INC (DICE)
Mittie Doyle ( 1.4 yrs; 96.8% TSR)
DICE THERAPEUTICS INC (DICE)
James Paul Scopa ( 1.9 yrs; 18.3% TSR)
DICE THERAPEUTICS INC (DICE)
Richard H Scheller ( 1.9 yrs; 18.3% TSR)
ETERNA THERAPEUTICS INC (ERNA)
Richard W Wagner ( .1 yrs; )
ETERNA THERAPEUTICS INC (ERNA)
Brant Binder ( .1 yrs; )
EXELA TECHNOLOGIES INC (XELA)
John H Rexford ( 6.1 yrs; -80.2% TSR)
Committees: Audit, Compensation
FARADAY FUTURE INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC INC (FFIE)
Xin He ( .8 yrs; -88.5% TSR)
FREYR BATTERY (FREY)
Torstein Dale Sjøtveit ( 2.1 yrs; )
INGERSOLL RAND INC (IR)
Michael Stubblefield ( 1.1 yrs; 39.2% TSR)
Committees: Audit
INNOVID CORP (CTV)
Jonathan Saacks ( 1.7 yrs; -70.8% TSR)
MIDCAP FINANCIAL INVESTMENT CORP (MFIC)
Jeanette W Loeb ( 12.0 yrs; 5.0% TSR)
Committees: Audit, Co-Investment, Compensation, Nominating (and Governance)
MIDCAP FINANCIAL INVESTMENT CORP (MFIC)
Frank C Puleo ( 15.5 yrs; 4.5% TSR)
Committees: Audit, Co-Investment, Compensation, Nominating (and Governance)
MIRATI THERAPEUTICS INC (MRTX)
David D Meek ( 1.9 yrs; -53.7% TSR)
NATIONAL CINEMEDIA INC (NCMI)
Donna Reisman ( 3.8 yrs; -52.9% TSR)
Committees: Compensation, Nominating (and Governance)
NATIONAL CINEMEDIA INC (NCMI)
Kurt C Hall ( 4.6 yrs; -43.6% TSR)
Committees: Audit, Compensation
NATIONAL CINEMEDIA INC (NCMI)
Mark B Segall ( 5.4 yrs; -37.8% TSR)
Committees: Audit, Compensation, Nominating (and Governance)
NATIONAL CINEMEDIA INC (NCMI)
Mark Zoradi ( 2.4 yrs; -62.2% TSR)
NATIONAL CINEMEDIA INC (NCMI)
Lawrence A Goodman ( 16.5 yrs; -18.1% TSR)
Committees: Audit, Compensation, Nominating (and Governance)
NIKOLA CORP (NKLA)
Michael Lohscheller ( 1.0 yrs; -53.8% TSR)
PIVOTAL INVESTMENT CORP III (PICC)
Katherine Oliver ( 2.5 yrs; -3.1% TSR)
PIVOTAL INVESTMENT CORP III (PICC)
Sarah Sclarsic ( 2.6 yrs; -3.1% TSR)
PIVOTAL INVESTMENT CORP III (PICC)
Kristen Dumont ( 2.1 yrs; 1.1% TSR)
RAFAEL HOLDINGS INC (RFL)
Boris C Pasche ( 5.4 yrs; -13.9% TSR)
Committees: Audit, Compensation, Corporate Governance, Nominating (and Governance)
SHIFT TECHNOLOGIES INC (SFT)
Kenny Kellyn Smith ( 2.8 yrs; -75.7% TSR)
Committees: Leadership Development, Compensation and Governance
SHIFT TECHNOLOGIES INC (SFT)
George Arison ( 2.8 yrs; -75.7% TSR)
SINGULARITY FUTURE TECHNOLOGY LTD (SGLY)
Yang Jie ( 1.8 yrs; -60.9% TSR)
SOLID POWER INC (SLDP)
David B Jansen ( 1.8 yrs; -58.5% TSR)
TEMPO AUTOMATION HOLDINGS INC (TMPO)
Ryan A Benton ( 3.1 yrs; -67.9% TSR)
VALVOLINE INC (VVV)
Samuel J Mitchell ( 7.0 yrs; 8.6% TSR)
WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE INC (WWW)
Brendan Hoffman ( 3.0 yrs; -16.3% TSR)
ZEVRA THERAPEUTICS INC (ZVRA)
Matthew R Plooster ( 12.4 yrs; -35.1% TSR)
Committees: Compensation, Nominating (and Governance)