Microsoft names new CFO
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft on Monday named Chris Liddell, a former International Paper executive, as its new chief financial officer. Liddell fills a role vacated by John Connors, who announced in January that he would step down as Microsoft's CFO to join Ignition Partners, a Seattle-based venture capital firm. Connors left Microsoft last month.
The new executive will join Microsoft on May 9. Liddell most recently served as finance chief at International Paper. Prior to that, he was chief executive of Carter Holt Harvey, the company's New Zealand-based affiliate.