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09-08-2025
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CFOs On the Move: Week ending Aug. 8
This story was originally published on To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily newsletter. Eric Christel | Bloomin' Brands Bloomin' Brands, the parent company of restaurant chains Outback Steakhouse and Bonefish Grill, named as executive vice president and CFO-elect. Christel was most recently senior vice president and chief financial officer of The Campbell's Company's snacks division. He was previously the CFO of the Americas at the marketing agency Dentsu and also held leadership roles at PepsiCo from 2007 to 2020. Christel will take over as CFO early next month, succeeding Michael Healy, who will transition into the newly created role of executive vice president of strategy and transformation. Healy has been with Bloomin' Brands for over 16 years and has been finance chief since April 2024. Earlier roles include chief financial officer of Outback Steakhouse and president of Bonefish Grill. Kevin Cook | Bumble will take over as finance chief of online dating and networking app Bumble on Aug. 12. Most recently, Cook was chief financial officer of Cloudera, a hybrid cloud data and AI platform company. He was earlier vice president of strategic finance, corporate and business development at cybersecurity company Barracuda Networks and has held investment banking leadership roles at Cowen, Credit Suisse, Wachovia Securities and RBC Capital Markets. Cook replaces Ronald Fior, who has been interim CFO since March. Cook will serve in an advisory role through the end of August. Steve Miller | Warby Parker Warby Parker's chief financial officer, , will step down on Oct. 1 to 'pursue another opportunity outside of the industry,' the company said in a Thursday press release. Miller joined Warby Parker in October 2011 as the eyewear brand and retailer's first CFO. Before that, he was chief financial officer and senior vice president of corporate development of data-driven research firm Majestic Research. Co-founder and co-CEO Dave Gilboa will assume the roles of principal financial officer and principal accounting officer on an interim basis until the company appoints Miller's successor. Graham O'Brien | ZoomInfo ZoomInfo has officially appointed as its permanent chief financial officer. O'Brien joined ZoomInfo in December 2017 as director of FP&A and has been interim CFO since September 2024. He has also been vice president of FP&A since January 2023. Before joining the market intelligence platform, he worked in accounting roles at RainKing Solutions and Kaseya. Michael Levitt | Pabst Brewing Company Pabst Brewing Company is shaking up its C-suite with the appointment of a new CEO, Greig DeBow, and an interim CFO, Michael Levitt. Levitt, a Pabst board member and partner in its parent company Blue Ribbon Partners, has over 30 years of experience in the corporate finance and asset management sectors. Levitt replaces Tim Tulfur, who joined the beer maker as finance chief in October 2022 from Heineken, where he held the same position. P.B. Balaji | Jaguar Land Rover Tata Motors group CFO has been appointed CEO of Jaguar Land Rover, the U.K.-based vehicle division of Tata Motors. Balaji, who has been the global CFO of the India-based automaker since 2017, will assume his new role in November. He previously served as the finance chief of Hindustan Unilever Limited for over nine years. Balaji succeeds Adrian Mardell, who will retire from Jaguar Land Rover after three years as CEO and 35 years with the company. Vaibhav Agarwal | RingCentral RingCentral promoted to finance chief. Agarwal has held several positions since joining the business communications provider in 2016, including as chief accounting officer, chief transformation officer and deputy chief financial officer. Before RingCentral, he held senior finance roles at Intel, Altera, Intuitive Surgical and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Agarwal succeeds Abhey Lamba, who joined the company as chief financial officer in December 2024 from Amazon Web Services, where he was vice president of finance, AWS Infrastructure. Lamba will continue as an executive adviser through the end of the year. Richard Wong | Fastly Fastly hired as the edge cloud platform's new chief financial officer, effective Aug. 11. Wong was most recently CFO at Benchling, a vertical SaaS company. He earlier worked at the home remodeling and design company Houzz, where he was its first CFO. Wong started his career as an investment banker at JP Morgan and Banc of America Securities, and also held senior finance roles at LinkedIn and Yahoo. Wong succeeds Ronald Kisling, who is leaving the company. Kisling will remain at Fastly in an advisory capacity through Sept. 15
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06-08-2025
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Bloomin' Brands names new CFO in C-suite shakeup
You can find original article here Nrn. Subscribe to our free daily Nrn newsletter. Bloomin' Brands Inc., parent company to the Outback Steakhouse brand, has named new leaders of its finance, human resources, and Bonefish Grill divisions, among other executive changes, the company said Monday. The Tampa, Fla.-based company, which also owns the Carrabba's Italian Grill and Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar brands, said the appointments were 'designed to build capability to support the company's ongoing business turnaround,' which is focused on the Outback brand. 'As we reinvigorate sales and profit growth in our restaurants, our leaders are committed to our founder's values of leading growth that is enabled by our people with a passion for guest hospitality,' Mike Spanos, Bloomin' CEO, said in a statement. 'These organizational updates enhance our bench strength, creating a more effective team that is committed to operational excellence.' Among the executive changes: Eric Christel joins Bloomin' Brands as chief financial officer-elect. Following a transition period concluding about Sept. 8, Christel will assume the role of CFO. Christel will work with the current CFO, Michael Healy, to ensure a smooth transition. Christel served as CFO at The Campbell's Co.'s snacks division and in several leadership roles at PepsiCo from 2007 to 2020. Healy, a 16-year veteran of Bloomin' Brands, will assume the newly created role of executive vice president for strategy and transformation and lead the revenue management team. Susan Cline was promoted to group vice president for strategy and transformation. Cline has 30 years of restaurant operations experience, including frontline and managing partner roles at Outback. Jessica Mitory will join the company on Aug. 11 as chief human resources officer. She most recently headed global total rewards and employee experience at Advance Auto Parts Inc. and previously worked with Pepsi Beverages North America. Ali Charri has been named senior vice president for guest insights and analytics, effective immediately. Most recently, he served as senior vice president of strategy and insights at Darden Restaurants Inc. Randy Scruggs has been promoted to senior vice president for supply chain. Tara Kurian has been promoted to senior vice president for investor relations, financial planning and analysis, and international. She will work with the strategy transformation team. John Bettin will join the company Sept. 2 as president of Bonefish Grill. He most recently served as CEO of Miller's Ale House, and was CEO of The Palm Restaurant Group, and Tavistock Restaurant Collection. Mark Graff, the current Bonefish president, will leave the company Nov. 1, the company said. 'On behalf of our board and the entire organization, I want to thank Mark for his years of dedicated service,' Spanos said. 'His leadership helped shape our company's success and laid the foundation for the future of our brands.' The remainder of Bloomin's leadership remains unchanged, with Patrick Hafner continuing to lead Outback, Kelia Bazile heading Carrabba's, and Sheilina Henry overseeing Fleming's. 'As we look to shape Bloomin' Brands' future, our priorities are to simplify the business and consistently deliver a great guest experience while balancing our longer-term priorities to turn around Outback and drive sustainable sales and profit growth, and realigning our leadership team is a critical step in strengthening operational focus, agility, and accountability,' Spanos said. Bloomin' Brands is expected to release earnings for the second quarter ended June 29, on Wednesday, before the market opens. Bloomin' has more than 1,450 restaurants in 46 states, Guam, and 12 countries. Contact Ron Ruggless at Follow him on X/Twitter: @RonRuggless
