Ann Dennison | Cigna
Brian Evanko was named Cigna’s chief operating officer and will keep his role of president as part of an executive reshuffle. Since January 2024, Evanko has been president, chief executive officer for Cigna Healthcare and was the company’s chief financial officer, a role he has held since 2021. To replace Evanko, the health insurer promoted its deputy CFO, Ann Dennison, to finance chief. Dennison joined Cigna in 2024 and was previously CFO and executive vice president at Nasdaq. She joined Nasdaq in 2015 as senior vice president, controller and chief accounting officer, and was earlier a managing director and head of financial reporting at Goldman Sachs.
Mira Mircheva | Bally’s
Bally’s has appointed Mira Mircheva as the new finance chief for the casino and entertainment company. Mircheva succeeds Marcus Glover, who has been named Bally’s executive vice president of its global operations group. Most recently, Mircheva served as the chief financial officer of The Queen Casino & Entertainment and, before that, was a partner and research analyst at Standard General. These leadership changes happen a month after Bally’s was acquired in a $4.6 billion buyout by its largest shareholder, Standard General — the hedge fund overseen by Bally’s chairman Soo Kim. Bally’s has merged with The Queen Casino & Entertainment as part of the deal.
Adrianne Lee | Beyond
Beyond’s CFO Adrianne Lee will take on the additional responsibility of president. Lee joined Beyond, the owner of Bed Bath & Beyond and Overstock, as finance chief in March 2020 from rental car company Hertz where she was most recently CFO and SVP of its North American rental car unit. Lee replaces 16-year company veteran Dave Nielsen, who was president and principal executive officer. Nielsen left the company on Monday as part of a leadership transition that also named executive chairman Marcus Lemonis as PEO. The company said Lee will work closely with Lemonis to support future growth.
Lin Tao | Sony
Sony’s Lin Tao has been promoted from vice president of finance, corporate development and strategy at Sony Interactive Entertainment to CFO of Sony Group. She is the first female CFO in the company’s 78 year history. The company’s current CFO Hiroki Totoki, who also serves as chief operating officer, has been named CEO of Sony Group. Both Tao and Totoki’s position changes start on April 1.
John Verkamp | Wheels Up
John Verkamp will take over as finance chief of private aviation company Wheels Up on March 31. Verkamp has over two decades of experience at General Electric and GE Vernova in the aviation and power industries. He was previously CFO and vice president of the gas power global services business of GE Vernova. Verkamp replaces interim CFO Eric Cabezas, who will transition back to his role as senior vice president of finance. Cabezas was named interim CFO in August when Todd Smith left the company to become SVP of corporate finance and CFO of pharmacy services at CVS Health.
Thomas Kim | European Wax Center
European Wax Center, a waxing services franchisor, named Thomas Kim its new chief financial officer, effective April 7. Kim most recently served as CFO at Brinks Home, a home security and alarm monitoring company. Before that, he was the finance chief of Smoothie King. He previously held positions in investment banking and management consulting at Citigroup, MHT Partners and Boston Consulting Group. Kim succeeds Stacie Shirley, who will leave the company. Shirley will remain with the company as a strategic advisor through April 30.
Steve Rosen | Stila Cosmetics
Steve Rosen was appointed chief financial officer of Stila Cosmetics. Rosen was most recently CFO of ZO Skin Health, a Blackstone private equity portfolio company. Before that, he spent 22 years at Estée Lauder in several finance and M&A roles for brands including Crème de la Mer, Jo Malone, Aramis, Designer Fragrances and BECCA Cosmetics. He started his career at Revlon, most recently as brand controller of its beauty care division.
Laura Schulhof | LeaseCrunch
Lease accounting software company LeaseCrunch appointed Laura Schulhof as CFO. Since October 2021, Schulhof has been senior vice president of finance at medical imaging platform Intelerad Medical Systems. Before that, she was chief financial officer of Ambra Health, a medical data and image management cloud software company. Schulhof replaces Jessica Hamilton, who was named CFO in June 2024.
Christian Koji Ericson | Red Cat
Red Cat hired Christian Koji Ericson as the drone technology company’s new chief financial officer, effective March 17. Ericson has over 20 years of finance and accounting experience, including 11 years with PwC and senior finance roles at Nu Skin Enterprises, where he was chief audit executive, vice president of business development, and vice president of finance for its agriculture technology division. Most recently, Ericson was head of finance and accounting at Western Steel Buildings.
Kristin MacCarthy | SBI Growth
Growth advisory firm SBI Growth named Kristin MacCarthy as finance chief. Before joining SBI Growth, MacCarthy was chief financial officer of commercial real estate advisory firm Cresa. Earlier in her career, she held senior financial leadership roles at JLL, US Cellular and Grainger, where she led system integrations, operational improvement initiatives and large-scale financial operations
