Jonathan Baksht | Fortune Brands
Fortune Brands appointed Jonathan Baksht as the home and security products maker’s new chief financial officer, effective May 5. For the last three years, Baksht has been finance chief of Pactiv Evergreen, a fresh food and beverage packaging manufacturer. Before that, he worked at global offshore drilling contractor Valaris. He held several roles over eight years at Valaris, including as CFO, vice president of finance and treasurer. He earlier spent seven years in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and started his career as a management consultant with Andersen Consulting. Baksht succeeds David Barry, who will continue in his role as president of security and connected products and will be working with Baksht on the transition.
Thomas Edwards | Macy’s
Thomas Edwards will take over as CFO and chief operating officer of Macy’s on June 22. Edwards joins the retailer from fashion luxury group Capri Holdings, the parent company of Versace, Jimmy Choo and Michael Kors. Edwards has spent eight years at Capri Holdings as its CFO and COO, and before that, he was chief financial officer of restaurant chain Chili’s owner Brinker International. He earlier held several finance and operations positions at Wyndham Hotel Group, Kraft Foods and Nabisco Food Service Company. Edwards succeeds Adrian Mitchell, who will leave the company. Mitchell, who has been CFO since 2020, will continue as chief financial officer and chief operating officer through June 21.
Rajal Mehta | Capri Holdings
Capri Holdings named Rajal Mehta as interim CFO to fill in for outgoing finance chief Thomas Edwards. Mehta joined its Michael Kors brand in 2008 and has been chief financial officer of the brand since December 2024. He was previously the divisional vice president of corporate financial planning and analysis at Capri. Mehta earlier held finance roles at Toys R Us and Ralph Lauren.
Rami Hasani | UWM Holdings
Rami Hasani was promoted to chief financial officer of mortgage lender UWM Holdings. Hasani joined the company in 2020 as vice president of financial reporting and compliance and was most recently senior vice president of financial reporting, analysis and compliance. Before joining UWM, he spent over 15 years at Deloitte & Touche, most recently as a senior manager in its advisory practice. Hasani replaces Andrew Hubacker, who has moved into a senior advisor role.
Robyn Liska | Sunnova
Solar energy provider Sunnova named Robyn Liska as interim chief financial officer. Liska previously worked in J.P. Morgan’s power and renewables investment banking division as an executive director. Before that, she was a director in Bank of America’s energy and clean power equity capital markets group and an associate director in UBS’s global power and renewables group. Liska replaces Eric Williams, who has stepped down as CFO.
Ann Kelly | SJW Group
Water and wastewater utilities company SJW Group appointed Ann Kelly as finance chief and treasurer, effective July 1. Kelly was previously chief financial officer of American Electric Power and AmeriGas Propane before joining SJW Group in November 2024 as chief accounting officer. Her utility experience also includes finance and risk roles at Exelon Generation and PECO Energy. She started her career as a senior accountant at Price Waterhouse. Kelly succeeds Andrew Walters, who was promoted to chief executive officer following current CEO Eric Thornburg’s retirement. Thornburg, who is the group’s chair, president and CEO, will step down in July 2025.
David Jackola | APi Group
APi Group, a business services provider of fire and life safety, security, and specialty services, named its interim CFO David Jackola to the role permanently. Jackola has been with APi since October 2021 and has been interim chief financial officer since December 2024. Before that, he was CFO and vice president of transformation at APi International. Jackola earlier held senior finance roles at James Hardie Building Products, where he was head of finance for North America, and Ecolab, where he was vice president of finance for Europe.
Priyanka Singh | Litera
Litera named Priyanka Singh as the legal technology solutions provider’s finance chief. Priyanka joins the company from group engagement software platform Togetherwork, where she was chief financial officer for over six years. Before that, she held several financial leadership roles, including CFO at Global Payments, divisional CFO of Heartland Commerce at Heartland Payment Systems (which was acquired by Global Payments) and finance manager at GE Healthcare. She started her career at Ernst & Young as a financial analyst.
