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Home Depot’s Tomé, Coca-Cola’s Waller Make National Top CFOs List

Staff Report From Georgia CEO

Wednesday, August 10th, 2016

#1. Ruth Porat

Alphabet Inc.

Ms. Ruth M. Porat has been Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Alphabet Inc., since October 2, 2015. Ms. Porat has been the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President at Google Inc. since May 26, 2015. She is the Lead Banker on numerous milestone technology financing rounds, including for Amazon, eBay, Netscape, Priceline and Verisign as well as for The Blackstone Group, GE and the NYSE. She serves as Member of Board of Trustees at Stanford University. She is a Member of the U.S. Treasury's Borrowing Advisory Committee, a Board Director at The Council on Foreign Relations and a Member of the Advisory Council of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution. Ms. Porat received an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, an M.Sc., Economics from the London School of Economics and a B.A. from the Stanford University.

A sample of the 24 categories that we measure include:

  • Experience in the executive role

  • Business results during tenure

  • Board member appointments

  • Company earnings per share growth this year

  • Industry/professional reputation

#2. J. Braxton Carter, T-Mobile US, Inc.

J. Braxton Carter serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and is responsible for leading the financial functions of T-Mobile. Mr. Carter served as MetroPCS’s Chief Financial Officer from March 2005 and Vice Chairman from May 2011 until the consummation of the Business Combination. 

#3. Joseph Reitmeier, Lennox International, Inc.

Joseph W. Reitmeier was appointed Executive Vice President & CFO in July 2012. Mr. Reitmeier had served as Vice President of Finance for the LII Commercial business segment since 2007 and as Director of Internal Audit from 2005 to 2007. Joseph has held financial leadership roles at Cummins Inc. 

#4. Paul Carbone, Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc.

Paul Carbone was named CFO for Dunkin’ Brands in June 2012. In this role, Paul is responsible for the Company’s finance, investor relations, strategy, loss prevention, and information technology functions. Paul joined Dunkin’ Brands in August 2008 as Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis.

#5. Brian McKeon, IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.

Brian McKeon has been Executive Vice President, CFO and Treasurer of the Company since January 2014. He leads the Company’s finance, business development and information technology functions. Mr. McKeon holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of Connecticut and an M.B.A. from Harvard.

#6. Dennis Hickey, Colgate-Palmolive Co.

Dennis Hickey became CFO in January 2011, having most recently been Colgate’s Vice President and Corporate Controller since 1998. Since joining Colgate in 1977, Mr. Hickey has held key financial positions for the Company’s European and North American business units. 

#7. Dave Wehner, Facebook, Inc.

Dave Wehner is CFO of Facebook, where he leads the finance, facilities and information technology teams. Prior to becoming CFO in June 2014, Dave served as Facebook’s Vice President, Corporate Finance and Business Planning, since he joined Facebook in 2012.  

#8. Andy Campion, NIKE

Andy Campion was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the NIKE Brand in 2010, responsible for leading all aspects of financial management for the company’s flagship brand. In 2014, he was appointed Senior Vice President, Strategy, Finance and Investor Relations in addition to his role as CFO of the NIKE Brand. 

#9. Carol Tome, Home Depot

Carol B. Tomé has served as Chief Financial Officer since May 2001 and was named executive vice president of corporate services at The Home Depot in January 2007. She provides leadership on real estate, store construction, financial services, and strategic business development.

#10. Brian Olsavesky, Amazon

Brian Olsavsky most recently he served as VP, Finance and CFO for the Global Consumer Business, and he became Senior Vice President and CFO in June 2015. As CFO, he oversees the company's overall financial activities, including controllership, tax, treasury, analysis, investor relations, and internal audit. 

#11. Luca Maestri, Apple Inc.

Luca Maestri is Apple’s senior vice president and Chief Financial Officer. As CFO, Luca oversees the accounting, business support, financial planning and analysis, treasury, M&A, investor relations, internal audit and tax functions at Apple. Luca joined Apple in 2013 as VP of Finance and corporate controller.

#12. David Wells, Netflix, Inc.

David Wells has served as the Chief Financial Officer since 2010. His responsibilities include operating roles such as customer service, real estate, and employee technology. He has been at Netflix since March 2004, serving in a variety of planning and analysis roles, including most recently as the VP of Financial Planning. 

13. Tarek Robbiati, Sprint

Prior to joining Sprint as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Tarek A. Robbiati, M.B.A., M.Sc. served as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of FlexiGroup Limited in Australia since January 21, 2013 and until August 2015. He has 25 years experience in the telecommunications, finance, media and technology industries.

#14. Frank D’Amelio, Pfizer

Frank D’Amelio is the Executive Vice President, Business Operations & Chief Financial Officer of Pfizer, responsible for finance, business development and business operations, including IT, procurement and real estate. Frank led the integration of Pfizer and Wyeth and the sale of Pfizer’s nutrition business. 

#15. Stephen Robb, Clorox

Stephen M. “Steve” Robb was named executive vice president – chief financial officer in 2014 after three years as senior vice president – chief financial officer. In this role, he is responsible for Clorox’s financial activities, including accounting, reporting, internal Controls, treasury, and investor relations. 

#16. Karen Hoguet, Macy's

Karen Hoguet has been Chief Financial Officer of Macy’s, Inc., since 1997. All of the company’s finance and accounting functions report to Hoguet. In January 2013, she assumed responsibility for the credit and customer services, real estate, non-merchandise purchasing and sustainability functions.  

#17. Vasant Prabhu, Visa

Vasant M. Prabhu joined Visa Inc. in February 2015 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In his role, he overseas Visa Inc.’s financial strategies, planning and reporting, in addition to all finance operations and investor relations. Prabhu joined Visa from NBCUniversal Media, LLC.

#18. Tim Ritters, Pure Storage, Inc.

Tim Ritters serves as CFO for Pure Storage, and leads the company's financial and accounting operations worldwide. Tim joined Pure Storage from Google, where he spent 10 years in finance and was responsible for overseeing the company's annual planning, budgeting processes, and led the finance team. 

#19. William Gifford, Jr., Altria Group Inc.

Billy Gifford serves as Chief Financial Officer, Altria Group. In this role, Billy is responsible for the Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Audit, Investor Relations, Finance Decision Support and Strategy & Business Development organizations. He also oversees the financial services business of Philip Morris Capital.

#20. Anthony O’Brien, Raytheon

Anthony O’Brien is vice president and CFO of Raytheon Company. He is a member of Raytheon’s senior leadership team, where he directs the company’s overall financial strategy. He is responsible for financial reporting, controls, merger and acquisition, planning, analysis, investor relations, and treasury. 

#21. Rick Simonson, Sabre Corp.

Rick Simonson is executive vice president and CFO for Sabre, leading the company’s global finance organization and responsible for finance, controls, reporting, investor relations and corporate development. He brings a unique combination of experiences with global finance and capital markets. 

#22. Mark Denien, Duke Realty

As Executive Vice President and CFO of Duke Realty, Mark oversees all financial functions for the company including treasury, capital markets, accounting, taxation, investor relations and internal audit. Prior to being named CFO in 2013, Mark was Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.

#23. Kathy Waller, Coca-Cola

Kathy Waller is Executive Vice President and CFO of The Coca-Cola Company. Ms. Waller is responsible for leading the Company’s global Finance organization and representing the Company to investors, lenders and rating agencies. She oversees M&A, investor relations, treasury,  and audit. 

#24. Kevin O'Shea, Avalonbay Communities

Kevin is CFO responsible for the Financial, Capital Markets, Investor Relations, Risk Management, and Accounting operations of the Company. He is also a member of the Company’s Management Investment Committee. Kevin served in several capacities within the Company’s Financial Services. 

#25. Michael Tomsicek, Abiomed Inc.

Michael Tomsicek joins Abiomed having most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Lexington, MA based Cubist Pharmaceuticals. He joined Cubist in 2010 and held a series of increasingly responsible roles leading finance, IR and strategic sourcing through a very dynamic period at the firm.