Fortune 500 Power MovesBenjamin E. Meisenzahl was promoted to CFO of The Sherwin-Williams Company (
No. 191), effective Jan. 1, 2026. Meisenzahl has served as SVP of finance for the last two and a half years. He will assume the CFO duties currently held by Allen J. Mistysyn, who will take on a short-term transition role before
retiring after 35 years with the company. Meisenzahl has held multiple roles of increasing responsibility over his 22-year career with Sherwin-Williams, including his current position, as well as global finance and operational roles in the company’s Paint Stores Group, Performance Coatings Group, and Global Supply Chain. He began his career at Sherwin-Williams as an internal auditor.
Every Friday morning, the weekly Fortune 500 Power Moves column tracks Fortune 500 company C-suite shifts—see the most recent edition. More notable moves this week:Judith Hartmann was appointed CFO at
Bayer AG. She will succeed Wolfgang Nickl on June 1, 2026, following his planned retirement at the end of May 2026. Hartmann will join the company’s board of management, effective March 1, 2026. She is currently an operating partner at Sandbrook Capital, a private investment firm. Previously, she served as CFO and deputy CEO at ENGIE, a global energy company, and as group CFO at Bertelsmann.
Michele Allen, CFO and head of strategy at
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: WH), will be departing the company to pursue a new career opportunity outside of the hotel industry. Kurt Albert, currently treasurer and head of financial partnerships and planning, has been appointed interim CFO, effective immediately. Wyndham plans to conduct a search for a permanent CFO, which will consider both internal and external candidates. Allen will serve in an advisory role at Wyndham through the end of 2025.
Suman Raju was appointed CFO of
Darktrace, a global AI cybersecurity provider. Raju succeeds Cathy Graham, who joined Darktrace as CFO in 2020 and left the role in September. Raju joins Darktrace with a background in scaling public and private B2B enterprise SaaS companies and leading global finance organizations through periods of transformation. Most recently, he served as CFO at Ivalua. Raju previously held CFO roles at Crownpeak Technologies and SAP Ariba.
Elias Habayeb, CFO of
Corebridge Financial, Inc. (NYSE: CRBG), has resigned to accept a senior leadership position with a publicly listed company. Habayeb will remain in his current position until April 24, 2026. Habayeb’s departure is not the result of any disagreements with the company on any matter relating to its financial statements, internal control over financial reporting, operations, policies or practices. Corebridge is working with an executive recruiting firm to launch a search for a successor.
Indrajit Ponnambalam was appointed CFO of
Nextdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NXDR), a neighborhood network, effective Dec. 1. Ponnambalam brings more than 20 years of financial leadership experience. Most recently, he served as CFO at Premion, a connected TV advertising platform. Previously, he spent five years at Match Group in senior finance leadership roles, including chief administrative officer and SVP of finance.
Max Tunnicliff was appointed CFO and senior executive vice president of
Fastenal Company (Nasdaq: FAST), effective Nov. 10. Tunnicliff most recently served as CFO of Beko Europe, a leading home appliance business. Previously, he served in a variety of senior finance leadership roles with Whirlpool Corporation, including head of internal audit and VP of strategy, and CFO of the Asia Pacific region.
Joe Kauffman was appointed president and CFO of
Deel, a global payroll and HR platform. Kauffman joins Deel following more than a decade of leadership at Credit Karma, where he served as CFO, president, and CEO. Before that, he held CFO and corporate development roles at two NYSE-listed companies. Philippe Bouaziz, who has served as Deel’s CFO since the company’s founding, will move into the newly established role of executive chairman and chief strategy officer.
