Eric Christel | Bloomin’ Brands
Bloomin’ Brands, the parent company of restaurant chains Outback Steakhouse and Bonefish Grill, named Eric Christel as executive vice president and CFO-elect. Christel was most recently senior vice president and chief financial officer of The Campbell’s Company’s snacks division. He was previously the CFO of the Americas at the marketing agency Dentsu and also held leadership roles at PepsiCo from 2007 to 2020. Christel will take over as CFO early next month, succeeding Michael Healy, who will transition into the newly created role of executive vice president of strategy and transformation. Healy has been with Bloomin’ Brands for over 16 years and has been finance chief since April 2024. Earlier roles include chief financial officer of Outback Steakhouse and president of Bonefish Grill.
Kevin Cook | Bumble
Kevin Cook will take over as finance chief of online dating and networking app Bumble on Aug. 12. Most recently, Cook was chief financial officer of Cloudera, a hybrid cloud data and AI platform company. He was earlier vice president of strategic finance, corporate and business development at cybersecurity company Barracuda Networks and has held investment banking leadership roles at Cowen, Credit Suisse, Wachovia Securities and RBC Capital Markets. Cook replaces Ronald Fior, who has been interim CFO since March. Cook will serve in an advisory role through the end of August.
Steve Miller | Warby Parker
Warby Parker’s chief financial officer, Steve Miller, will step down on Oct. 1 to “pursue another opportunity outside of the industry,” the company said in a Thursday press release. Miller joined Warby Parker in October 2011 as the eyewear brand and retailer’s first CFO. Before that, he was chief financial officer and senior vice president of corporate development of data-driven research firm Majestic Research. Co-founder and co-CEO Dave Gilboa will assume the roles of principal financial officer and principal accounting officer on an interim basis until the company appoints Miller’s successor.
Graham O’Brien | ZoomInfo
ZoomInfo has officially appointed Graham O’Brien as its permanent chief financial officer. O’Brien joined ZoomInfo in December 2017 as director of FP&A and has been interim CFO since September 2024. He has also been vice president of FP&A since January 2023. Before joining the market intelligence platform, he worked in accounting roles at RainKing Solutions and Kaseya.
Michael Levitt | Pabst Brewing Company
Pabst Brewing Company is shaking up its C-suite with the appointment of a new CEO, Greig DeBow, and an interim CFO, Michael Levitt. Levitt, a Pabst board member and partner in its parent company Blue Ribbon Partners, has over 30 years of experience in the corporate finance and asset management sectors. Levitt replaces Tim Tulfur, who joined the beer maker as finance chief in October 2022 from Heineken, where he held the same position.
P.B. Balaji | Jaguar Land Rover
Tata Motors group CFO PB Balaji has been appointed CEO of Jaguar Land Rover, the U.K.-based vehicle division of Tata Motors. Balaji, who has been the global CFO of the India-based automaker since 2017, will assume his new role in November. He previously served as the finance chief of Hindustan Unilever Limited for over nine years. Balaji succeeds Adrian Mardell, who will retire from Jaguar Land Rover after three years as CEO and 35 years with the company.
Vaibhav Agarwal | RingCentral
RingCentral promoted Vaibhav Agarwal to finance chief. Agarwal has held several positions since joining the business communications provider in 2016, including as chief accounting officer, chief transformation officer and deputy chief financial officer. Before RingCentral, he held senior finance roles at Intel, Altera, Intuitive Surgical and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Agarwal succeeds Abhey Lamba, who joined the company as chief financial officer in December 2024 from Amazon Web Services, where he was vice president of finance, AWS Infrastructure. Lamba will continue as an executive adviser through the end of the year.
Richard Wong | Fastly
Fastly hired Richard Wong as the edge cloud platform’s new chief financial officer, effective Aug. 11. Wong was most recently CFO at Benchling, a vertical SaaS company. He earlier worked at the home remodeling and design company Houzz, where he was its first CFO. Wong started his career as an investment banker at JP Morgan and Banc of America Securities, and also held senior finance roles at LinkedIn and Yahoo. Wong succeeds Ronald Kisling, who is leaving the company. Kisling will remain at Fastly in an advisory capacity through Sept. 15
