Newell Brands Names Nicoletti CFO

Newell Brands has named Ralph Nicoletti executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective June 8.

Nicoletti joins Newell Brands from Tiffany & Company where he led the worldwide financial and information technology functions as evp/CFO. Prior to joining Tiffany & Company, Nicoletti was CFO of CIGNA Corporation and Alberto Culver, and held various senior finance positions at Kraft Foods.

“Ralph brings more than 30 years of finance experience to the company and has a very strong track record leading financial functions and executing growth strategies at a number of successful publicly-traded, global companies,” said Michael Polk, Newell Brands CEO.

In his new position, Nicoletti will initially focus on leading the development of a high-performing finance function to fully capture the value creation associated with the company’s recent combination with Jarden and driving the company’s efforts to strengthen operating cash flow and streamline cash management in service to achievement of the company’s projected leverage targets.

With the appointment of Nicoletti, current CFO John Stipancich will leave the company to pursue other interests.