Gartner CFO Chris Lafond To Resign, Names Craig Safian As Replacement

(RTTNews) - Gartner Inc (IT), an information technology research and advisory company, said Tuesday its Chief Financial Officer Chris Lafond will resign on June 30 to pursue other opportunities. Lafond has served as CFO since October 2003.

The company said that Craig Safian, Gartner group vice president of global finance, has been named senior vice president and CFO, effective immediately.

Safian has been at Gartner since 2002, holding a number of senior roles in the Finance organization. He has earlier held finance leadership roles at Bristol-Myers Squibb and Headstrong.