Steve Kinsey | Flowers Foods
Longtime CFO Steve Kinsey will retire at the end of the year from Flowers Foods, the packaged bakery food producer that includes brands Nature’s Own and Dave’s Killer Bread. Kinsey has been with he company for 26 years and has spent the last 18 years as chief financial officer. The company has started a search for his replacement. Kinsey will continue with the company in an advisory role after his retirement.
James Shen | GitLab
GitLab appointed James Shen as the software company’s interim chief financial officer and interim “principal financial officer.” Shen has worked as Gitlab’s vice president of finance since January 2021, and before that, he held various roles at Meta, most recenlty as corporate finance lead. He previously held finance positions at Docusign, GI Partners and Morgan Stanley. Shen replaces Brian Robins, who resigned as CFO to take the same role at data cloud company Snowflake.
Alan Shepard | CNX Resources
Alan Shepard, president and chief financial officer of natural gas company CNX Resources, was named chief executive officer, effective January 1. He will keep his role as president, which he was appointed to in June. Shepard has more than 20 years of experience in the energy sector. He rejoined CNX in 2020 and has been CFO since June 2022. Shepard succeeds Nick Deiuliis, who will retire at the end of the year after 35 years at CNX. Deiuliis will remain a member of its board of directors. CNX expects to name a new CFO by year’s end.
Josh Greear | Authority Brands
Josh Greear was named finance chief of Authority Brands, the parent company of home service franchises Benjamin Franklin Plumbing and The Cleaning Authority. Since February 2018, Greear has been chief financial officer of early education and care franchise Primrose Schools. Before that, he was vice president of strategy and business development at Cracker Barrel and held various financial leadership positions at The Home Depot.
Brett Summerer | Accel Entertainment
Accel Entertainment appointed Brett Summerer as the gaming operator’s new chief financial officer, effective Sept. 22. Summerer was most recently CFO of cannabis firm Verano Holdings, where he led over 20 M&A deals. His previous leadership roles include divisional CFO positions at Kraft Heinz, Corning, and General Motors. Summerer replaces Mark Phelan, who has been serving as acting CFO while also acting as president of U.S. gaming.
Bonnie Boyer | Guident
Guident, a software solution provider for the global autonomous vehicle market, hired Bonnie Boyer as its new finance chief. Since May 2023, she has worked at Sagent M&C, a SaaS provider in the mortgage technology sector, where she was most recently chief accounting officer. Earlier roles include head of finance at KEMET Electronics, external reporting manager at Ryder System and audit manager at KPMG.
Craig Searle | HawkEye 360
HawkEye 360 promoted Craig Searle, its chief business officer, to chief financial officer. Before joining the company full-time, he served four years as a member of HawkEye 360’s board of directors and its audit committee. He was earlier a director on the strategic investments and acquisitions team at media company Advance and spent five years at UBS, most recently as director of investment banking.
Jeff Snyderman | The Toy Association
Jeff Snyderman will join business trade association The Toy Association as its new CFO. Snyderman was most recently the chief financial officer of construction equipment dealer Jesco. He earlier spent six years at Horizon Group USA, a Toy Association member company, most recently as executive vice president and finance chief. Before that, he spent 16 years at Toys “R” Us, where he held several finance roles, culminating in eight years as vice president of finance.
