Cliff Baty | Manchester United
Soccer club Manchester United’s chief financial officer Cliff Baty will leave the club at the end of the season. In March 2016, Baty was appointed chief financial officer and he has been on the board of directors since December 2017. Before joining the club he was CFO and a member of the Board of Directors of online gambling company Sportech. Baty will be replaced by Roger Bell, who was most recently CFO at petrochemicals giant INEOS. Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire owner of INEOS, bought a 25% stake in Manchester United in February.
Jordon Jones | PODS
Moving company PODS promoted Jordon Jones to chief financial officer. Jones joined the company in 2022 and previously held the position of vice president of global financial planning and analysis. Before joining PODS, Jones was CFO of YouFit Gyms, where he directed financial operations for the 80-location fitness chain. Before that, he spent nearly a decade at rental car company Hertz, holding finance and sales leadership positions.
Dennis Fehr | Cognex
Dennis Fehr was named CFO of Cognex, a machine vision provider for factory and warehouse automation. Fehr has over 20 years of experience across manufacturing, technology and energy industries, and was most recently CFO of 6K, a manufacturing technology company focused on strategic materials in the battery supply chain and for additive materials. Before that, he was chief financial officer of Fluence Energy and helped take it public in 2021. He earlier spent 15 years working at Siemens in several roles including vice president of finance.
David Bank | A+E Networks
A+E Networks promoted David Bank to finance chief. He has worked as the network’s EVP, chief strategy and corporate development officer since joining in 2019. Before that, he was executive vice president of investor relations at CBS for over three years. Bank spent 16 years at RBC as a managing director of equity research where he specialized in media and entertainment. Bank succeeds Art Vomvas, who is retiring after almost three decades on A+E Networks’ finance and business planning team.
Daniella Turenshine | Reef
Daniella Turenshine was appointed finance chief of beach footwear and apparel brand Reef. Turenshine was most recently chief financial officer of medical apparel and scrubs maker FIGS, a role she held for over two years. During her five years at FIGS, she held other finance roles including senior vice president of finance and strategy and director of strategy. Earlier in her career, Turenshine was vice president of investment firm Garnett Station, where she helped to build out the fast-growing consumer products company Fridababy. She replaces David Lin who has served as REEF’s CFO for the last seven years.
David Larson | Feedzai
Anti-fraud and financial crime software provider Feedzai hired David Larson as CFO. Larson joins the company from Thomson Reuters, where he spent nearly 15 years. He was most recently chief strategy officer and before that held various leadership roles in finance and operations. Larson also played a key role in creating the governance, risk and compliance division for Thomson Reuters, including the acquisition of World-Check (now owned by LSEG).
Gary Ferrera | Driven Brands Holdings
Gary Ferrera, CFO of automotive services provider Driven Brands Holdings, is stepping down after a year in the role. Ferrera, who joined the company in May 2023, is leaving to pursue a new opportunity at a privately held company. He has previously held chief financial officer roles at Skillsoft, Cardtronics, DigitalGlobe, Intrawest, Great Wolf Resorts, and National CineMedia. The company has started a search to identify Ferrera’s successor. Until then, Joel Arnao, senior vice president of financial planning and analysis, treasury and investor relations, will take on the role of interim finance chief, and Michael Beland, senior vice president and chief accounting officer, will step in as principal financial officer
Douglas Col | Saia
Transportation and logistics firm Saia’s chief financial officer Douglas Col is retiring. Col will remain in his role until the company announces a successor, and he will stay on as an advisor through year-end. He joined the company in 2014 and has been the finance chief of the company for the last four years.