Faro Financial Chief Leaves as Founder Reboots Company
March 11 2016 - 9:20AM
Dow Jones News
Faro Technologies Inc. said its financial chief will depart and
won't be immediately replaced, months after its co-founder and
chairman returned to the helm to reshape the computer-aided
measurement company.
Chief Financial Officer Laura A. Murphy-Wolf will resign,
effective immediately. Faro said the resignation was a "mutual
decision" and not related to any disagreement between Ms.
Murphy-Wolf and the company related to the company's financial
reporting or condition.
In December, President and Chief Executive Jay Freeland resigned
after its Chairman Simon Raab, a co-founder and longtime chief
executive of Faro, was appointed interim chief executive. Faro said
Friday that it wouldn't appoint a new financial chief until a
permanent CEO is found.
Mr. Raab has told investors that he will stay as long as
needed.
"Handing over a company in mid-reorganization to a new CEO is
really not practical," Mr. Raab said during a call with investors
last month, according to a FactSet transcript. "I will remain on as
long as it takes to get this renewal done and find a great CEO who
will lead Faro to its next growth chapter."
Until a CEO and then a financial chief are appointed, the
company's finance team will be led by Robert Seidel, who will lead
finance and investor relations, and corporate controller Janet
D'Anjou. Mr. Seidel will serve as interim principal financial
officer. Ms. D'Anjou will serve as interim principal accounting
officer.
Faro makes 3-D scanners, land-surveying equipment and
quality-checking devices. Mr. Raab has been Faro's chairman since
its inception in 1982 and was chief executive until 2006.
Write to Austen Hufford at austen.hufford@wsj.com
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March 11, 2016 10:05 ET (15:05 GMT)
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