Arko CFO to retire this year
Arko Corp. Chief Financial Officer Don Bassell will retire by the end of 2023, the Fortune 500 holding company for Henrico County-based convenience store chain GPM Investments LLC announced Tuesday. “It has been an honor to work alongside our dynamic executive team and employees to grow the company into the leader it is today through […]
Smithfield Foods names new CFO
Mark Hall, Smithfield Foods Inc.’s executive vice president of finance, has been promoted to chief financial officer and will start in the role on Jan. 1, 2023, the nation’s largest pork product manufacturer and hog producer announced Tuesday. The company’s current CFO since 2015, Glen Nunziata, will leave Smithfield Foods at the end of this […]
Chesapeake Bank CFO appointed COO
Chesapeake Financial Shares Inc. has appointed its chief financial officer, Rebecca Andrick “Becky” Foster, to the additional post of chief operating officer, the Kilmarnock-based parent company of Chesapeake Bank and Chesapeake Wealth Management announced Monday. Foster, who has has been with the company for 27 years, has been its senior vice president and chief financial […]
Dominion Energy promotes exec to CFO
Richmond-based Dominion Energy Inc. has promoted Steven D. Ridge to chief financial officer and senior vice president, replacing James R. Chapman, who will leave the company, the Fortune 500 utility announced Friday. Currently vice president of investor relations, Ridge will start his new role later this month and will be responsible for corporate and financial […]
Trader Interactive hires new CFO
Norfolk-based Trader Interactive has named David McMinn its chief financial officer, the company announced Wednesday. The appointment of McMinn comes as Carsales.com Ltd. prepares to close its acquisition of Trader Interactive, an online marketplace for specialty vehicles, this month. Carsales.com Ltd. bought 49% of Trader Interactive in August 2021 for $624 million and then announced […]
Allianz promotes Canadian CFO to North American CFO
Henrico County-based Allianz Partners USA has promoted Patrick Espeut to chief financial officer for the North America region, which includes the U.S. and Canada, the travel insurance and assistance company announced Tuesday. Allianz’s former chief financial officer, Jeff Wright, was promoted to CEO earlier this year. Espeut had been chief financial officer of Allianz Partners’ [&helli[...]
Arlington supply chain tech unicorn hires CFO
Arlington-based supply chain management technology company Interos Inc. has hired Aida Sukys as chief financial officer. Sukys was previously CFO at Justworks Inc., a human resources tech company. Sukys also was the group CFO and global head of financial business services for Willis Towers Watson PLC, a global risk management and insurance company. In that […]
StoneSprings, Dominion hospitals name new CFO
Christopher “Chris” Landry will become chief financial officer for StoneSprings Hospital Center and Dominion Hospital on Sept. 5, HCA Virginia Health System announced Tuesday. “We are excited to have Chris join our leadership team,” StoneSprings Hospital Center CEO Nathan Vooys said in a statement. “I am confident that his experience has given him a strong […]
DISYS hires new CFO
McLean-based staffing firm Digital Intelligence Systems LLC (DISYS) has tapped Mike Leroy as its new chief financial officer, effective Aug. 22. Leroy will oversee financial operations and management for DISYS and Signature Consultants, a Florida-based IT staffing firm that DISYS acquired in April 2021. “When we combined DISYS and Signature Consultants last year, our vision […]
Guardians of the treasury
How’s this for an anxiety recipe? Serious supply-chain woes. A worsening labor shortage. Historic inflation. Rising lending rates. Soaring fuel and energy costs. An exceptionally volatile stock market. Growing cybersecurity threats. Global instability. Oh, and the pandemic that started more than two years ago is still with us. Can you imagine a tougher time to […]
‘Just when I thought I was out’
Virginia Business’ 2022 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits. Large nonprofit | Hossein Sadid, CFO and deputy director for finance and administration Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond After a couple of failed attempts, Hossein Sadid finally retired at the end of June from […]
Broadened horizons
Virginia Business’ 2022 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits. Large business | Sal Mancuso, executive vice president and CFO Altria Group Inc., Henrico County A first-generation college graduate whose father immigrated to this country from Sicily, Italy, as a teenager, Sal Mancuso believes it‘s […]