A Cascade Of Corporate Exec Hires This Week

Just because the stock market has entered the "dog days of summer" doesn't mean companies aren't as active.

The past week has seen an unusually active week in leadership changes across many companies in many sectors. Here is a brief rundown of some companies that implemented changes at the highest management level.

Monday

• Zoetis Inc (NYSE: ZTS) named Glenn David as chief financial officer (CFO).
• Real Industry Inc (NASDAQ: RELY) named Kyle Ross as interim CEO.
• Moleculin Biotech Inc (NASDAQ: MBRX) named Jonathan Foster as CFO.
• EVINE Live Inc (NASDAQ: EVLV) named Sunil Verma as chief digital officer.
• Cosi Inc (NASDAQ: COSI) named Patrick Bennett as interim CEO and president.

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Tuesday

• Middlefield Banc Corp (NASDAQ: MBCN) named Shalini Singhal as chief information officer (CIO).
• ARRIS International plc (NASDAQ: ARRS) named Bruce McClelland as CEO.

Wednesday

• Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HTH) named William Furr as CFO.
• Interlink Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: LINK) named David Burnett as CFO.
• Callon Petroleum Company (NYSE: CPE) named Gary Newberry as chief operations officer (COO).
• Global Eagle Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: ENT) named Tom Severson as CFO.
• Alcoa Inc (NYSE: AA) named Kate Hargrove Ramundo as chief legal officer (CLO) for its Arconic unit.
• Beigene Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ: BGNE) named Dr. Amy Peterson as chief medical officer (CMO).
• LendingClub Corp (NYSE: LC) named Valerie Kay head of the institutional group and Raman Suri head of retail investor group.

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