Markus Neubrand | Puma
Markus Neubrand was named chief financial officer of sports footwear and apparel maker Puma, effective Oct. 1. Neubrand was most recently CFO of apparel maker and retailer Guess, where he stepped down after a year in the role. Before that, he was global CFO of luxury fashion brand MCM Worldwide. He earlier was CFO and chief operating officer of premium fashion company Hugo Boss for its key region Americas. Neubrand replaces Hubert Hinterseher, who is stepping down as CFO and will leave the company on Dec. 31.
Jonathan Leon | Owens & Minor
Owens & Minor promoted Jonathan Leon to CFO. Leon has been interim CFO and corporate treasurer of the healthcare solutions company since June 2024. He will retain his corporate treasurer role until his successor is named. Leon joined the company in 2017 and was previously senior vice president and corporate treasurer. Leon had spent 18 years at Brink’s Company, where he was treasurer and held several related investor relations and corporate finance roles.
Jason Zampi | Norfolk Southern
Norfolk Southern named Jason Zampi as chief financial officer. Zampi, who has been interim CFO of the company since earlier this month, will additionally serve as executive vice president and treasurer. He has more than 13 years of experience working at Norfolk Southern where he has advanced through key roles in forecasting, budgeting, and corporate accounting. Before joining Norfolk Southern, Zampi was a senior manager at KPMG. Zampi succeeds Mark George, who took over as its president and CEO earlier this month after former CEO Alan Shaw was ousted from the position for having an inappropriate relationship with another executive.
Chris Hall | Goodles
Chris Hall was named chief financial officer of Goodles, a mac and cheese and pasta brand. Hall has been finance chief of Sovos Brands for the last four years. There, he led its portfolio of consumer packaged goods brands — which included pasta sauce brand Rao’s and yogurt brand Noosa — through an acquisition by Campbell’s for $2.7 billion earlier this year. Before joining Sovos, he was CFO for Nutrabolt and spent over 20 years at PepsiCo, where he was most recently CFO for Quaker Foods and Sabra Hummus.
Sonalee Parekh | Asana
Work management platform Asana hired Sonalee Parekh as its new finance chief. Parekh was previously CFO of RingCentral, where she helped guide the company through rapid growth and oversaw its doubling of operating profit. She was previously CFO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s communication technology group and senior vice president of finance, strategy and corporate development, as well as investor relations. Parekh succeeds Tim Wan, who has served in the role since 2017. Wan will remain with the company in an advisory position.
Navam Welihinda | Grammarly
Grammarly, an AI writing assistant platform, appointed Navam Welihinda as finance chief. Most recently, Welihinda was CFO of software company HashiCorp, where he led its IPO in Dec. 2021. He earlier worked as vice president of finance at Database-as-a-Service platform Compose.io, which IBM acquired. Welihinda then joined IBM as head of finance, Compose.
Ryan Greenier | Horace Mann
Ryan Greenier was promoted to chief financial officer of Horace Mann, an insurance and retirement solutions company for educators, effective Oct. 1. Greenier has worked at the company for the last 12 years, most recently as deputy CFO and chief investment officer. Before Horace Mann, Greenier held leadership roles at The Hartford in investor relations and investments. He began his career at Deloitte and Touche. Greenier succeeds Bret Conklin, who is retiring. Conklin joined the company in 2002 and has been CFO since 2017.
Meghan Baivier | Aligned Data Centers
Aligned Data Centers appointed Meghan Baivier as the technology infrastructure company’s new finance chief. Baivier joins the company from Easterly Government Properties, where she worked for nine years, most recently as president and chief opportunity officer. Before being appointed president, Baivier was Easterly’s CFO and COO. Earlier experience includes five years in Citigroup’s real estate and lodging investment banking group, where she was involved in a wide range of financial advisory and capital markets transactions, including Easterly’s IPO. Baivier succeeds Anubhav Raj, who is now Aligned’s new chief investment officer.
