KBR names new chief financial officer

KBR names Susan Carter new chief financial officer

• On 4:32 pm EDT, Monday October 26, 2009

HOUSTON (AP) -- KBR Inc. on Monday named Susan Carter as chief financial officer of the engineering, construction and services company.

Carter's appointment is effective Oct. 29, at which time current CFO Kevin DeNicola will retire, KBR said in a statement.

Carter was previously chief financial officer for five years at Lennox International Inc., based in Richardson, Texas. Before that, she served as vice president of finance and chief accounting officer at Cummins Inc., which is based in Columbus, Ind.

Carter is a certified public accountant and has an MBA from Northern Illinois University.

A KBR representative was not immediately available to provide Carter's age.