Kennametal CFO Frank Simpkins To Retire - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Kennametal Inc. (KMT) announced that Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Frank Simpkins will retire from the company effective March 31, 2015.

While conducting an external search for Simpkins' successor, the company saaid it named Vice President and Corporate Controller Martha Fusco to serve as interim CFO starting February 23, 2015.

Simpkins, who joined the company in Oct. 1995 as business segment controller, has served as chief financial officer since December 2006. Fusco has served as corporate controller since December 2009, and has 10 years of service at Kennametal.