Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE: LUK) announced today that,
effective September 1, 2014, Teresa S. Gendron will become Leucadia’s
Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Joseph A. Orlando, who is retiring
then for orthopedic health reasons.
Ms. Gendron was most recently the Vice President and Controller of
Gannett Co., Inc. (“Gannett”), in which role she was Gannett’s Chief
Accounting Officer from 2011. Previously, Ms. Gendron held the same
position of Vice President and Controller at NII Holdings, Inc., which
she joined as its Finance Director in 1998. Ms. Gendron began her career
in accounting at KPMG LLC, which she joined in 1991. Ms. Gendron
graduated from the University of Virginia, where she obtained a Bachelor
of Science in Commerce (with a concentration in Accounting), and from
Georgetown University, where she obtained a Masters of Business
Administration.
Richard B. Handler, Chief Executive Officer, and Brian P. Friedman,
President of Leucadia, stated: “Although we will miss our outstanding
partner and CFO, Joe Orlando, we are very pleased Teri will be joining
us to succeed Joe. Her skill set and experience fit well with Leucadia’s
needs, and we look forward to working with Teri as our newest partner
and CFO.”
About Leucadia
Leucadia National Corporation is a diversified holding company engaged
through its consolidated subsidiaries in a variety of businesses,
including investment banking and capital markets, beef processing,
manufacturing, energy projects, asset management and real estate. The
Company also owns equity interests in operating businesses that are
accounted for under the equity method of accounting, including a
commercial mortgage banking and servicing business, automobile
dealerships and telecommunications services in Italy.
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