Pilar López | Vodafone
Vodafone has appointed Pilar López as the new finance chief for the U.K.-based telecom group. She joins Vodafone after a decade at Microsoft, where she held several senior leadership positions. These included chief operating officer for Western Europe, the country general manager for Spain, and, more recently, leading the partnership with the London Stock Exchange Group. Before her time at Microsoft, López spent 16 years at Telefónica in various finance and senior leadership roles, including CFO of Telefónica Europe and CFO of O2 Plc. She began her career at J.P. Morgan. López takes over from Luka Mucic, who announced his departure in May to become CEO of the German property firm Vonovia.
Chris Turner | Yum Brands
Yum Brands, the parent company of KFC and Taco Bell, has promoted its chief financial and franchise officer, Chris Turner, to chief executive officer, effective Oct. 1. Turner has been the CFO of the fast food company since 2019 and assumed the role of chief franchise officer in 2024. Before joining Yum Brands, he led PepsiCo’s retail and e-commerce business with Walmart. He also spent over 13 years at McKinsey, where he was a partner in the firm’s Dallas office. Turner succeeds David Gibbs, who is retiring after 37 years with the company.
Paul Joachimczyk | Sonoco
Sonoco hired Paul Joachimczyk as the sustainable packaging company’s new chief financial officer, effective June 30. Joachimczyk was previously the CFO of cabinet manufacturer American Woodmark. Before that, he was vice president of finance for TopBuild, a construction services and distribution company. He earlier held finance leadership positions at Stanley Black & Decker and General Electric’s healthcare and capital markets divisions. Joachimczyk replaces Jerry Cheatham, who has been interim chief financial officer since Jan. 6. Cheatham will transition to a senior finance leadership role.
Marc Graff | Ciena
Marc Graff will take over as finance chief of high-speed connectivity company Ciena on Aug. 1. Graff was previously CFO of hardware and software solutions provider Altera, where he helped execute the majority sale of Altera from Intel. Before that, he spent over 26 years at Intel and was most recently CFO and chief operating officer for its data center and artificial intelligence group. He previously held other executive finance roles across manufacturing and business units at Intel. Graff succeeds James Moylan, who is retiring.
Aaron Izzard | ASOS
Aaron Izzard, director of group finance at British online fashion retailer ASOS, has been promoted to CFO. Izzard joined the retailer in January 2017 as head of retail finance. Before joining ASOS, he held several leadership roles in finance, including head of operations finance at Argos, head of FP&A at Home Retail Group, and cash flow supervisor at Caterpillar. Izzard succeeds Dave Murray, who is stepping down on June 30. Murray, who joined the retailer as finance chief in April 2024, will remain with ASOS for a transition period.
Victoria Payne | Girls on the Run International
Victoria Payne was appointed finance chief of Girls on the Run International, a nonprofit that offers empowering after-school programs designed for girls. Payne joins the company from clinical skincare brand Urban Skin Rx, where she was most recently chief executive officer. Before assuming the role of CEO, she served as CFO. Earlier leadership experience includes over 13 years at men’s apparel retailer Mountain Khakis, where she served as CFO, and at home improvement retailer Lowe’s, where she held the position of senior finance manager.
Tim Karaca | SolarWinds
Tim Karaca was promoted to chief financial officer of SolarWinds, an IT infrastructure management software provider. For three years, Karaca was the group vice president for strategic finance and investor relations. Karaca spent nearly two decades in the technology industry and on Wall Street, working in senior finance roles before joining SolarWinds. His leadership experience spans senior roles at companies such as AIG, Microsoft and Bridgewater Associates.
Alice Heathcote | Origis Energy
Origis Energy, a renewable energy and decarbonization solution platform, appointed Alice Heathcote as finance chief. Since Jan. 2023, Heathcote was the CFO of renewable energy company Strata Clean Energy. Before joining Strata, she spent seven years at global independent power producer ContourGlobal in several leadership roles, including senior vice president of financing and acquisitions, where she led its IPO on the London Stock Exchange. She earlier spent four years as CFO of its renewable division.
Sergio Maiworm | Expro
Global energy services company Expro named Sergio Maiworm as CFO, effective June 30. Maiworm joins the company from Talos Energy, where he has worked for the last seven years and was most recently its chief financial officer. He has over 20 years of energy and finance experience, including as vice president of energy investment banking at Deutsche Bank, in M&A and commercial finance at Shell and director of finance at ION Geophysical. Maiworm succeeds Quinn Fanning, who is leaving the company.
