Leadership

Avantor Names Former CONMED CFO Todd Garner As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 21, 2026

Avantor has appointed Todd Garner as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, adding a finance executive with more than 30 years of operating and public-company experience to the life sciences tools company.

Beacon Financial Names Sean Gray CEO As Paul Perrault Retires After Five-Decade Banking Career

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 21, 2026

Beacon Financial Corporation has appointed Sean A. Gray Chief Executive Officer of both Beacon Financial and Beacon Bank, completing a leadership succession process following the retirement of longtime banking executive Paul A. Perrault. Gray also joins the boards of the company and bank.

Blue Gold Names Kevin Clark As Executive Chairman And Reshapes Board And Finance Leadership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 21, 2026

Blue Gold has appointed Kevin Clark as Executive Chairman as the gold mining company makes several leadership and governance changes intended to strengthen execution and develop its longer-term strategy.

ThinkEquity Names Fixed Income Veteran Jamie Terranova Managing Director To Expand Institutional Trading Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 21, 2026

ThinkEquity has appointed Jamie Terranova as Managing Director of Fixed Income Trading, bringing in an executive with more than 20 years of fixed income trading and supervisory experience as the investment bank expands its institutional trading platform.

QuickLogic Names James Sullivan As CFO As It Targets Growth Across eFPGA, Defense And Ruggedized Computing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 21, 2026

QuickLogic Corporation has appointed semiconductor finance veteran James Sullivan Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, adding an executive with extensive public-company experience as the programmable logic company pursues growth across embedded FPGA technology, aerospace and defense, and other specialized markets. Sullivan will begin the role on October 5, 2026.

Pulsar Helium Names David Young As CFO And Director As Company Advances Topaz Project

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 21, 2026

Pulsar Helium has appointed David T. Young to its Board of Directors and as Chief Financial Officer, bringing in an executive with more than 25 years of investment, energy, infrastructure and corporate finance experience.

Kirloskar Ferrous Names Ajay Shriram Patil As Joint Managing Director

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 21, 2026

Kirloskar Ferrous Industries has appointed Ajay Shriram Patil as Joint Managing Director, adding an industrial executive with 36 years of global leadership experience as the company continues expanding and transforming its operations.

Paragon Capital Management Names Former Azura CEO Trevor Lau As Inaugural Chief Commercial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 21, 2026

Paragon Capital Management has appointed Trevor Lau as its first Chief Commercial Officer, creating a new senior leadership role as the multi-asset investment manager expands its client franchise, fundraising activities and strategic partnerships across Asia.

PEDEVCO Names Reagan Dukes As Interim CEO As J. Douglas Schick Steps Down

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 21, 2026

PEDEVCO has appointed Chief Operating Officer Reagan Tuck Dukes interim President and CEO following the departure of J. Douglas Schick from the company's chief executive role and board. The leadership change became effective September 21, 2026.

Lazard Names Matt Spence Head Of Defense Technology And Emerging Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 21, 2026

Lazard has appointed Matt Spence Head of Defense Technology and Emerging Technology within its Technology Group, strengthening the firm's advisory capabilities as investment and deal activity increases across defense and dual-use technologies.

Debevoise Adds Mary Lavelle As London Partner To Expand Private Funds Secondaries Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 21, 2026

Debevoise & Plimpton has added leading secondaries practitioner Mary Lavelle as a partner in its Private Fund Transactions and Investment Management Groups in London, strengthening the firm's capabilities across complex private capital liquidity transactions.

Volvo Cars Names Klaus Zellmer As President And CEO To Lead Next Growth Chapter

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 21, 2026

Volvo Cars has appointed Klaus Zellmer as President and Chief Executive Officer, selecting an automotive industry veteran with more than three decades of experience across Škoda Auto, Volkswagen and Porsche to lead the company through its next phase of development.