| 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. |
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| 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 | |
| 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. | ||
The Best CFOs - Expanded Edition
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.
March 8, 2007
