The Best CFOs - Expanded Edition

The Best CFOs
Listed here by sector and industry are the chief financial officers who scored the highest when we asked portfolio managers and sell-side equity analysts to choose the top-performing CFOs in their domains.
Rank	CFO Name	Company Name
BASIC MATERIALS
Chemicals/Commodity

 

 

1

Terrell Crews

Monsanto Co.

 

 

 

Chemicals/Specialty

 

1

James Sawyer

Praxair

2

Paul Huck

Air Products and Chemicals

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products

 

1

Richard Taggart

Weyerhaeuser Co.

 

 

 

CAPITAL GOODS/INDUSTRIALS

 

Aerospace & Defense Electronics

 

 

1

Christopher Kubasik

Lockheed Martin Corp.

2

James Bell

Boeing Co.

3

James Geisler

United Technologies Corp.

4

Wesley Bush

Northrop Grumman Corp.

 

 

 

Airfreight & Surface Transportation

 

1

D. Scott Davis

United Parcel Service

2

Alan Graf Jr.

FedEx Corp.

3

Henry Wolf

Norfolk Southern Corp.

4

John Steele

Werner Enterprises

5

Thomas Hund

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

 

 

 

Business & Professional Services

 

 

1

Charles (Lanny) Baker

Monster Worldwide

2

Michael Van Handel

Manpower

3

M. Keith Waddell

Robert Half International

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment & Multi-Industry

 

1

James Gelly

Rockwell Automation

2

Daniel Comas

Danaher Corp.

3

David Anderson

Honeywell International

4

Walter Galvin

Emerson Electric Co.

 

 

 

Environmental Services

 

1

Tod Holmes

Republic Services

2

Robert Simpson

Waste Management

 

 

 

Packaging

 

1

Alan Rutherford

Crown Holdings

2

Raymond Seabrook

Ball Corp.

 

 

 

CONSUMER

 

Airlines

 

 

1

Laura Wright

Southwest Airlines Co.

 

 

 

Apparel, Footwear & Textiles

 

1

Michael Devine III

Coach

2

Donald Blair

Nike

3

Michael Scarpa

Liz Claiborne

4

Bryan Timm

Columbia Sportswear Co.

 

 

 

Autos & Auto Parts

 

1

Robin Adams

BorgWarner

2

R. Bruce McDonald

Johnson Controls

 

 

 

Beverages

 

1

Indra Nooyi ¹

PepsiCo

2

W. Randolph Baker

Anheuser-Busch Cos.

 

 

 

Cosmetics, Household & Personal Care Products

1

Clayton Daley Jr.

Procter & Gamble Co.

2

Stephen Patrick

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

3

Daniel Heinrich

Clorox Co.

 

 

 

Food

 

 

1

Jeffrey Boromisa

Kellogg Co.

2

David West

Hershey Co.

3

Robert Schiffner

Campbell Soup Co.

 

 

 

Gaming & Lodging

 

1

Glenn Christenson

Station Casinos

2

Arne Sorenson

Marriott International

3

James Murren

MGM Mirage

4

Maureen Mullarkey

International Game Technology

5

Vasant Prabhu

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

 

 

 

Homebuilders & Building Products

 

 

1

Joel Rassman

Toll Brothers

2

Domenico Cecere

KB Home

3

William Wheat

D.R. Horton

4

Roger Cregg

Pulte Homes

5

Bruce Gross

Lennar Corp.

 

 

 

Leisure

 

 

1

Gerald Cahill

Carnival Corp.

 

 

 

Restaurants

 

 

1

Matthew Paull

McDonald’s Corp.

2

Michael Casey

Starbucks Corp.

3

Steven Lumpkin

Applebee’s International

4

Richard Carucci

Yum! Brands

 

 

 

Retailing/Broadlines & Department Stores

 

 

1

Karen Hoguet

Federated Department Stores

2

Douglas Scovanner

Target Corp.

3

Richard Galanti

Costco Wholesale Corp.

4

Michael Koppel

Nordstrom

5

Wesley McDonald

Kohl's Corp.

 

 

 

Retailing/Food & Drug Chains

 

1

David Rickard

CVS Corp. ²

2

J. Michael Schlotman

Kroger Co.

3

William Rudolphsen

Walgreen Co.

4

Glenda Chamberlain

Whole Foods Market

 

 

 

Retailing/Hardlines

 

1

Darren Jackson

Best Buy Co.

2

Sharon McCollam

Williams-Sonoma

3

Robert Hull Jr.

Lowe’s Cos.

4

Carol Tomé

Home Depot

5

John Mahoney

Staples

 

 

 

Retailing/Specialty Stores

 

1

Charles Kleman

Chico’s FAS

2

John Kyees

Urban Outfitters

 

 

 

Tobacco

 

 

1

Dinyar Devitre

Altria Group

 

 

 

ENERGY

 

 

Electric Utilities

 

 

1

Moray Dewhurst

FPL Group

2

E. Follin Smith

Constellation Energy Group

3

Leo Denault

Entergy Corp.

4

Robert Flexon

NRG Energy

5

Thomas Fanning

Southern Co.

 

 

 

Integrated Oil

 

1

Stephen Chazen

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

2

Donald Humphreys

Exxon Mobil Corp.

3

John Carrig

ConocoPhillips

4

Janet Clark

Marathon Oil Corp.

 

 

 

Natural Gas

 

1

Donald Chappel

Williams Cos.

2

Stephen Parks

Questar Corp.

3

Mark Snell

Sempra Energy

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

 

1

Louis Baldwin

XTO Energy

2

Roger Plank

Apache Corp.

3

Edmund Segner III

EOG Resources

4

Marcus Rowland

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

 

 

 

Oil Services & Equipment

 

1

C. Christopher Gaut

Halliburton Co.

2

Margaret Dorman

Smith International

3

William Schumann III

FMC Technologies

4 (tie)

Jean-Marc Perraud

Schlumberger

4 (tie)

Lisa Rodriguez ³

Weatherford International

 

 

 

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

 

Banks/Large-Cap

 

1

Alvaro de Molina ⁴

Bank of America Corp.

2

Howard Atkins

Wells Fargo & Co.

3

Thomas Wurtz

Wachovia Corp. ⁵

4

Sallie Krawcheck

Citigroup

 

 

 

Banks/Midcap

 

1

Doyle Arnold

Zions Bancorp.

2

René Jones

M&T Bank Corp.

3

Daniel Healy

North Fork Bancorp. ⁶

4

Julia Gouw

East West Bancorp

 

 

 

Brokers & Asset Managers

 

1

David Viniar

Goldman Sachs Group

2

Samuel Molinaro Jr.

Bear Stearns Cos.

3 (tie)

Jeffrey Edwards

Merrill Lynch & Co.

3 (tie)

Christopher O'Meara

Lehman Brothers Holdings

 

 

 

Insurance/Life

 

1

William Wheeler

MetLife

2

Kriss Cloninger III

Aflac

3

David Johnson

Hartford Financial Services Group

4

Frederick Crawford

Lincoln National Corp.

 

 

 

Insurance/Nonlife

 

1

Danny Hale

Allstate Corp.

2

W. Thomas Forrester ⁷

Progressive Corp.

3

Philip Bancroft

Ace ⁸

 

 

 

Mortgage Finance

 

1

Eric Sieracki

Countrywide Financial Corp.

2

Russell Kettell

Golden West Financial Corp. ⁵

 

 

 

REITs

 

 

1

Stephen Sterrett

Simon Property Group

2

Bernard Freibaum

General Growth Properties

3

Douglas Linde

Boston Properties

4

Thomas Sargeant

AvalonBay Communities

5

Joseph Macnow

Vornado Realty Trust

 

 

 

Specialty Finance

 

1

Gary Perlin

Capital One Financial Corp. ⁶

2

Gary Crittenden

American Express Co.

3

Joseph Leone

CIT Group

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE

 

Biotechnology

 

1

John Milligan

Gilead Sciences

2

David Ebersman

Genentech

3

Richard Nanula

Amgen

4

Michael Wyzga

Genzyme Corp.

5

Robert Hugin ⁹

Celgene Corp.

 

 

 

Health Care Facilities

 

1

W. Larry Cash

Community Health Systems

2

Steve Filton

Universal Health Services

3

Robert Farnham

Health Management Associates

4

Michael Culotta

LifePoint Hospitals

5

R. Milton Johnson

HCA ¹⁰

 

 

 

Health Care Technology & Distribution

1

Jeffrey Campbell

McKesson Corp.

2

Peter Clemens IV

Caremark Rx ²

3

Jeffrey Henderson

Cardinal Health

4

JoAnn Reed

Medco Health Solutions

 

 

 

Managed Care

 

1

David Colby

WellPoint

2

Alan Bennett

Aetna

3

Patrick Erlandson ¹¹

UnitedHealth Group

4

Anthony (Buddy) Piszel ¹²

Health Net

5

Paul Palmer

Sierra Health Services

 

 

 

Medical Supplies & Devices

 

1

Gary Ellis

Medtronic

2

Robert Darretta

Johnson & Johnson

3

Sam Leno

Zimmer Holdings

4

Lawrence Best

Boston Scientific Corp.

5

John Heinmiller

St. Jude Medical

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals/Major

 

1

Kenneth Martin

Wyeth

2

Alan Levin

Pfizer

3

Judith Lewent

Merck & Co.

4

Derica Rice

Eli Lilly and Co.

5

Andrew Bonfield

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals/Specialty

 

1

William McKee

Barr Pharmaceuticals

2

David Southwell

Sepracor

 

 

 

MEDIA

 

 

Cable & Satellite

 

1

John Alchin,
Lawrence Smith ¹³

Comcast Corp.

2

Michael Palkovic

DirecTV Group

 

 

 

Entertainment

 

1

Thomas Staggs

Walt Disney Co.

2

Wayne Pace

Time Warner

3

Fredric Reynolds

CBS Corp.

4

Michael Dolan ¹⁴

Viacom

 

 

 

Publishing & Advertising Agencies

 

1

Randall Weisenburger

Omnicom Group

2

Gracia Martore

Gannett Co.

3

Joseph NeCastro

E.W. Scripps Co.

 

 

 

Radio & TV Broadcasting

 

1

Randall Mays

Clear Channel Communications ¹⁵

2

Keith Istre

Lamar Advertising Co.

 

 

 

TECHNOLOGY

 

Computer Services & IT Consulting

 

1

Gordon Coburn

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.

2

John Morphy

Paychex

3

Michael McGrath ¹⁶

Accenture ⁸

4

Edward Heffernan

Alliance Data Systems Corp.

5

David Mangum

CheckFree Corp.

 

 

 

Electronics Manufacturing Services

 

1

Forbes Alexander

Jabil Circuit

 

 

 

Imaging Technology

 

1

Randy Furr

Adobe Systems

 

 

 

Internet

 

 

1

Susan Decker ¹⁷

Yahoo!

2

M. Wayne Wisehart

AQuantive

3

George Reyes

Google

 

 

 

IT Hardware

 

1

James Schneider ¹⁸

Dell

2

Peter Oppenheimer

Apple Computer

3

Robert Wayman ¹⁹

Hewlett-Packard Co.

4

Steven Gomo

Network Appliance

 

 

 

Semiconductor Capital Equipment

 

1

Robert Halliday

Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates

2

Jeffrey Hall

KLA-Tencor Corp.

3

Martin Anstice

Lam Research Corp.

4

John Villas

Entegris

 

 

 

Semiconductors

 

1

Paul Coghlan

Linear Technology Corp.

2

Kevin March

Texas Instruments

3

Lewis Chew

National Semiconductor Corp.

4

George Hervey

Marvell Technology Group ⁸

5

Gordon Parnell

Microchip Technology

 

 

 

Software

 

 

1

Alfred Castino

Autodesk

2

Christopher Liddell

Microsoft Corp.

3

Eric Brown

McAfee

4

Safra Catz

Oracle Corp.

5

David Henshall

Citrix Systems

 

 

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

 

Data Networking & Wireline Equipment

1

Dennis Powell

Cisco Systems

 

 

 

Telecom Equipment/Wireless

 

1

William Keitel

Qualcomm

2

David Devonshire

Motorola

 

 

 

Telecom Services/Wireless

 

1

Paul Saleh

Sprint Nextel Corp.

 

 

 

Telecom Services/Wireline

 

1

Richard Lindner

AT&T

2

Sunit Patel

Level 3 Communications

 

 

 

1 Became CEO effective October 1, 2006.

2 On November 1, 2006, CVS Corp. and Caremark Rx agreed to merge; the deal is expected to be completed in six to 12 months.

3 Stepped down effective October 27, 2006.

4 Stepped down effective December 31, 2006.

5 Wachovia Corp. and Golden West Financial Corp. merged effective October 1, 2006; Thomas Wurtz is CFO.

6 Capital One Financial Corp. acquired North Fork Bancorp effective December 1, 2006; Gary Perlin is CFO.

7 Announced on February 4, 2006, his intention to retire in first-quarter 2007.

8 Based in Bermuda.

9 Stepped down as CFO effective December 7, 2006; remains COO.

10 Taken private in management-led buyout completed November 17, 2006.

11 Stepped down effective November 7, 2006.

12 Stepped down effective November 10, 2006.

13 John Alchin to retire effective December 31, 2007; Lawrence Smith to retire effective March 28, 2007.

14 Stepped down effective December 31, 2006.

15 Agreed on November 16, 2006, to be taken private.

16 Stepped down effective October 31, 2006.

17 Company announced December 5, 2006, that Susan Decker will step down and will head the advertiser and publisher group.

18 Stepped down as CFO effective January 1, 2007.

19 Retired effective December 31, 2006.