By Scott Moritz
Dell (DELL) named former GE Plastics chief Brian Gladden as its new CFO replacing Don Carty.
The move makes Gladden the No.2 executive under CEO and founder Michael Dell and a likely successor to the top job should Dell vacate the position again.
“We look forward to welcoming Brian as an operationally focused CFO whose skills in running multi-billion-dollar enterprises and substantial experience with an industry leader make him an ideal fit for the global economies in which we operate,” Dell said in a press release Monday.
For the past year Gladden ran Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, formerly GE’s plastics unit. The company had $6.6 billion in sales and 11,000 employees with operations in 60 countries.
Carty, who was Dell’s finance chief since January 2007, will stay on as a member of the board.
