Dave Keffer | Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman’s chief financial officer Dave Keffer will retire on February 21, 2025 to spend more time with family. Keffer joined the defense and space manufacturing company in 2020 as finance chief. Kenneth Crews, Northrop Grumman’s vice president of business management and CFO of the space systems sector, will succeed Keffer on October 1, 2024. Crews has worked at the company since 2004 in multiple sectors at Northrop Grumman, including as chief financial officer for mission systems and director of financial planning and analysis at its corporate headquarters.
Matthew Batteh | Saia
Trucking company Saia promoted Matthew Batteh to finance chief. Batteh has worked at Saia since 2015 and has been vice president of finance since 2023. Before that, he was vice president of pricing and analytics at the company after holding various pricing and financial analysis roles. Batteh started his career at UPS in planning, pricing and operations roles. He succeeds Douglas Col, who is retiring after 10 years at the company, with the last four years in the top finance spot. Col will stay with the company to help with the transition.
Mike Verdeschi | Charles Schwab
Charles Schwab’s finance chief Peter Crawford is retiring after a 22-year career at the brokerage firm, including seven years as CFO. Crawford will be succeeded by Mike Verdeschi, who will join the company on May 20 as deputy CFO and managing director and will matriculate to CFO after a transition period with Crawford. Verdeschi was most recently treasurer of Citigroup, where he worked for over 30 years. While at Citigroup he held several leadership roles, including chief investment officer and head of rates portfolio management.
Staci Woolsey | Granite
Construction and construction materials company Granite promoted Staci Woolsey to chief financial officer, effective September 16. Woolsey, who joined the company in 2021, is currently the company’s senior vice president and chief accounting officer. Woolsey replaces Lisa Curtis, who is retiring. Curtis joined the company through the acquisition of Layne Christensen in June 2018.
Hao Qian | MoneyHero
Hao Qian was named CFO of MoneyHero, a personal finance and digital insurance aggregation and comparison platform. Qian joins MoneyHero from global e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, where he held several roles over eight years, including CFO of their Lazada business unit across multiple markets. Before Alibaba, he was a senior financial analyst at Amazon. He started his career with Credit Suisse, where he was a risk analyst focused on commodities and later an assistant vice president in the global credit products division. Qian replaces interim CFO Ivan Ho, who will return to his previous role as the company’s group finance director.
Glenn Richter | IFF
Glenn Richter, the chief financial officer of IFF, will retire on December 31, after three years working at the flavors, fragrances and ingredients company. A succession process has been initiated to find Richter’s replacement. Before joining IFF in 2021, Richter held several roles over his six years at TIAA, where he most recently held the CFO role for over two years. Before that, he was chief operating officer of Nuveen Investments, which TIAA acquired. Richter also held leadership roles at Sears Roebuck, Dade Behring and PepsiCo. He began his career as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company.
Brett Brbovic | Berkshire Hills
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, the parent company of Berkshire Bank, appointed chief accounting officer Brett Brbovic as chief financial officer, effective June 14. Brbovic joined the bank in 2012 from KPMG, where he worked for over eight years. He has been in his current role since 2015 and was previously interim CFO at the bank. Brbovic replaces R. David Rosato, who will leave the company on June 14.
Sumit Kapur | Zapata AI
Zapata AI appointed Sumit Kapur as the industrial generative AI company’s CFO, effective May 20. Kapur previously spent almost 12 years as chief financial officer of 3Degrees, a financial services and technology company in the energy sector, where he played a key role in scaling the business’s revenue 50x. He also has extensive investment banking experience at firms such as Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan and as an investor and board member at venture-backed healthcare AI startup Tulip.ai. Kapur succeeds Mimi Flanagan, who is leaving the company.
