Selim Freiha | Opendoor
Opendoor’s CFO, Selim Freiha, will leave the company effective today, according to a securities filing. Freiha joined the online real estate platform in November 2024 from Google’s parent company, Alphabet, where he served as vice president of capital allocation and planning. Freiha will be succeeded by Christy Schwartz as interim chief financial officer. Schwartz previously served as interim CFO from December 2022 to November 2024 and was the company’s chief accounting officer from March 2021 to May 2025. Before that, she was the company’s vice president and corporate controller.
Mike Liberatore | OpenAI
Mike Liberatore, the former CFO of xAI — Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company — has been hired by OpenAI as its business finance officer. In his new role, Liberatore will oversee the company’s AI infrastructure spending and report to finance chief Sarah Friar. He joined xAI in April from Airbnb, where he worked for eight years, leaving Musk’s company in July after a three-month stint. Liberatore’s previous roles include CFO of SquareTrade and director of corporate FP&A at eBay.
Srinivas Phatak | Unilever
Unilever appointed Srinivas Phatak as the global consumer goods giant’s new finance chief. Phatak has been with the company for 26 years and has been acting CFO since March, a role he was promoted to from deputy CFO and controller. Earlier roles include executive vice president of risk management and controls and chief financial officer of Hindustan Unilever Limited of India and vice president of finance of South Asia.
Donald Mulligan | Market Basket
Market Basket’s CFO, Donald Mulligan, was named interim CEO of the New England supermarket chain. Mulligan joined the company 42 years ago and has been chief financial officer since 1999. Mulligan’s appointment comes after the recent removal of Arthur T. Demoulas from the CEO role after months of disagreement between Demoulas and the board. Market Basket’s board put Demoulas on leave on May 28, and its executive committee was looking into claims that he was planning a work stoppage. Demoulas called the move a “farcical cover for a hostile takeover.”
Flavia Pease | Insulet
Medical device company Insulet named Flavia Pease as chief financial officer, effective Sept. 30. Pease was most recently corporate executive vice president and chief financial officer at Charles River Laboratories. Before that, she spent over 20 years at Johnson & Johnson, working across its medical devices and pharmaceutical segments. Pease, who has been a member of Insulet’s board of directors and audit committee since January 2024, will resign from the board upon transitioning to her new role. She will succeed Ana Maria Chadwick, who will become a senior adviser.
Andrea Genschaw | GTT
Andrea Genschaw was appointed finance chief of GTT, a global networking and security as a service provider. Genschaw has worked at telecommunications company Lumen Technologies for the last 15 years, most recently as chief accounting officer and controller. She earlier held senior leadership roles at Level 3 Communications, CenturyLink, PwC and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Genschaw succeeds Tim Medina, who has stepped down as chief financial officer.
Christopher Wimsatt | Port of Seattle
Port of Seattle hired Christopher Wimsatt as its new finance chief. For the last four years, Wimsatt worked for the Sacramento County Airport System, most recently as the assistant director of airports, and, before that, deputy director and CFO. He previously held roles as the division manager and chief financial officer of the Department of Aviation for the City of Dayton, Ohio. He had earlier spent time in the financial and banking sectors.
Wesley Pua | Bluehost
Bluehost, a web hosting solutions provider, appointed Wesley Pua as chief financial officer. Pua most recently worked at Fabric, an AI-powered order orchestration platform, where he joined in May 2023 as its interim CEO and then transitioned to chief financial officer. Before that, he was senior vice president of finance at online learning and teaching marketplace Udemy, where he played a key role in taking it public in 2021.
Jeff White | Leslie’s
Jeff White was appointed chief financial officer of swimming pool supplies retailer Leslie’s, effective Oct. 5. Since 2016, White has worked at outdoor sporting goods retailer Sportsman’s Warehouse, most recently as CFO. Before that, he spent six years at KPMG, most recently as an audit manager. White succeeds Tony Iskander, who is resigning as interim chief financial officer and treasurer due to personal reasons.
Shai Terem | Sunbit
Shai Terem was named finance chief of fintech company Sunbit, which offers buy now, pay later services. Terem was most recently president and CEO of Markforged, an industrial 3D printing platform maker, where he led its public listing in 2021. Earlier in his career, Terem held senior leadership positions as president of the Americas at Kornit Digital and vice president of finance and operations Americas at Stratasys
