Joao Laranjo | Stellantis
Joao Laranjo was named chief financial officer of automaker Stellantis. Laranjo will retain his position as chief financial officer of Stellantis North America, a role he took in February 2025 when he rejoined the company under new management. He joined Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in 2009 as chief accounting officer for Latin America and rose to chief financial officer for the region. In 2017, he was named CFO of Stellantis North America and left in 2024 to join Goodyear as vice president of finance for the Americas. Laranjo succeeds Doug Ostermann, who resigned for personal reasons.
Bryan Castellani | Genius Sports
Genius Sports, a sports data and technology company, hired Bryan Castellani as CFO. Castellani was most recently the chief financial officer of Warner Music Group before leaving the company in May. He previously held the executive vice president and chief financial officer role at ESPN and held several roles over his tenure at Disney, including executive vice president and CFO, Disney Entertainment and ESPN. Castellani succeeds Nick Taylor, who will remain with the company for a transition period.
Dan Feeley | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dan Feeley was appointed finance chief and treasurer of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Feeley joined the New York City museum in 2021 as its chief budget and planning officer to help guide its recovery strategy post-COVID. Before that, he worked at New York University for over 10 years in the Office of Budget and Financial Planning, where he managed the university’s annual operating budget.
Steve Rai | OpenText
Cloud and AI company OpenText hired Steve Rai as chief financial officer. Rai was previously CFO of BlackBerry Limited, where he played a key role in transforming its financial strategy and operating structure during a period of technological and organizational changes. He earlier held senior finance positions at PMC-Sierra and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Rai replaces Cosmin Balota, who has been interim CFO for two months. Balota will resume his role as OpenText’s chief accounting officer.
Jason Yee | Achieve
Digital personal finance company Achieve promoted Jason Yee to chief financial officer. For the last nine years, Yee has been the executive vice president of corporate development and strategy. He was previously chief investment officer of global and international equities and portfolio manager at Janus Capital Group, where he managed more than $5 billion in assets. Yee earlier held investment leadership roles at Bee & Associates and Janus Capital Group, and then founded Cypress Coast Partners, an investment management firm serving family office clients.
Daniel Sullivan | Five Below
Five Below hired Daniel Sullivan as the value retailer’s new finance chief, effective Oct. 6. Since 2019, Sullivan has worked at global consumer products company Edgewell Personal Care, where he joined as CFO. He was most recently the executive vice president and chief operating officer at Edgewell. He previously held chief financial officer roles at retailer Party City and food retailer Ahold USA and was CFO and chief operating officer of Heineken USA and Heineken International.
Sarah Haines | Kodiak Solutions
Sarah Haines was appointed finance chief of Kodiak Solutions, a technology services company for healthcare provider organizations. Haines joins Kodiak Solutions from Paycor, a human capital management software provider. She joined Paycor in February 2020 as vice president and controller and was promoted to chief accounting officer in November 2021. She was previously vice president and controller at health care workforce solutions company Health Carousel. Haines started her career in public accounting at Ernst & Young.
Amir Jafari | Couchbase
Developer data platform company Couchbase named Amir Jafari as chief financial officer. Jafari was most recently CFO and head of finance and operations at Blend Labs, an origination platform for digital banking solutions. Before that, he held CFO roles at business payment platform Plastiq and review management platform Reputation. He earlier held finance and product leadership roles at ServiceNow. Jafari succeeds interim CFO Bill Carey, who took on the role in February to replace Greg Henry. Henry left the company to become CFO of 1Password.
David Wilkinson | Tango
Tango, a post-acute care benefit enablement services provider, appointed David Wilkinson as its new finance chief. He succeeds Kirk Stanley, who will leave after a transitional period. Wilkinson joins the company from DispatchHealth, where he was chief financial officer. He earlier worked at Russell Street Ventures, where he helped grow value-based healthcare companies Main Street Health and CareBridge. He was previously the senior director of strategic finance at Landmark Health, a value-based house call provider for chronically ill patients.
