CFOs On the Move: Week ending July 10
Peter Burrill | Julius Baer
Swiss bank Julius Baer appointed Peter Burrill as CFO and a member of its executive board, effective Aug. 17. Burrill joins Julius Baer from Standard Chartered, where he worked for nine years, most recently as interim group CFO. Before that, he spent five years as group head of central finance and deputy CFO. He previously worked at Deutsche Bank as group controller and co-head of group finance, and started his career at KPMG, where he spent 20 years as an auditor in the firm’s financial services practice, and was a partner in the Munich and Frankfurt offices. Burrill succeeds Evie Kostakis, who is leaving the company. Kostakis joined the company in 2013 and has been group CFO since 2022.
Ellen Johnson | Kyndryl
Kyndryl, an IT infrastructure services spin-off of IBM, named Ellen Johnson as its new finance chief, effective Aug. 6. Johnson joins the firm from Interpublic Group, where she has worked for the last 26 years. She has held several financial leadership roles throughout her tenure, most recently serving as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Johnson replaces interim CFO Harsh Chugh, who will remain with the company to help with the transition. Chugh was named to the interim role in February when David Wyshner left the company as it undertook a review of its cash management practices.
Matthew Sisk | Costa Coffee
Matthew Sisk was appointed finance chief of Costa Coffee, a British coffeehouse chain that is a subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company, effective Sept. 1. Sisk has spent the last 21 years at The Coca-Cola Company, where he was most recently CFO for Japan and South Korea. Earlier roles at Coca-Cola include senior vice president of commercial finance for Japan and global director of FP&A. Sisk succeeds Todd Beiger, who left Costa Coffee in March to become vice president and head of investor relations at The Coca-Cola Company. Mounsef Otarid has been group finance director and interim CFO since Beiger switched roles.
Matteo Tarditi | United Natural Foods
North American grocery wholesaler United Natural Foods has made a series of leadership changes, including moving its CFO, Matteo Tarditi, to the role of chief operating officer. Tarditi will retain his role as president. He joined the company in April 2024 from GE, where he was group FP&A leader of GE corporate. Alfredo Luchini was named chief financial officer of United Natural Foods, effective Aug. 10. Luchini was previously vice president of finance and chief financial officer of Carrier Climate Solutions Americas, a business segment of climate and energy solutions firm Carrier Global.
Haaris Uddin | AGI
Haaris Uddin was named chief financial officer of agricultural equipment manufacturer AGI, effective Aug. 4. Uddin joins AGI from pharmaceutical company Medicure, where he has been CFO since 2022. Before that, he was chief financial officer of Waverley Pharma. Uddin started his career at EY as an auditor. Uddin replaces Nicolle Parker, who took over the role of interim CFO in April. Parker has been with the company for 26 years and was the company’s senior vice president of finance before being named interim CFO.
Nicole Galloway | Veterans United Home Loans
Nicole Galloway was named chief financial officer of Veterans United Home Loans. Galloway was most recently finance chief of private equity firm Permanent Equity, a role she held for over three years. She previously was a state auditor for the State of Missouri, and, before that, she was a treasurer for Boone County government in Missouri. Earlier in her career, she was an auditor at Brown Smith Wallace, an actuarial analyst at Allstate Insurance and a corporate auditor at Shelter Insurance. Galloway is a CPA and certified fraud examiner.
Christina Fisher | UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement
Christina Fisher was named chief financial officer of the nonprofits UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement. Fisher was most recently executive vice president and CFO of Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. Before that, she was senior vice president and chief financial officer of the American Hospital Association. Earlier in her career, she held senior leadership positions at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, including vice president of finance and assistant vice president of FP&A.
Michael Keogh | Ultra Clean Holdings
Semiconductor fabrication support firm Ultra Clean Holdings hired Michael Keogh as CFO, effective Aug. 5. Keogh was previously chief financial officer of Ford Model e and Integrated Services, where he helped shape Ford’s EV strategy. Earlier roles include CFO of Bright Machines, CFO of emerging markets at Stanley Black & Decker and senior director of R&D finance at Apple. Keogh succeeds Sheri Savage, who has been chief financial officer since 2016.
David Rostov | LogicGate
Governance, risk and compliance software company LogicGate hired David Rostov as chief financial officer. Rostov most recently was co-founder and CFO of Aurion Biotech. He earlier held the CFO role at several companies, including at domain name owner Identity Digital, eye bank and biotechnology company CorneaGen, tax compliance software firm Avalara and online education company Apex Learning. He started his career as a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs.
