NASHVILLE, Tenn . -- Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (NYSE: BBBY) announced the appointment of Jill Windrum, CPA, as Chief Accounting Officer and Deputy Chief Financial Officer. Windrum joins the Company as Bed Bath & Beyond continues to integrate its businesses, strengthen financial discipline, and build the infrastructure required to support its next phase of growth.
Windrum brings almost 25 years of financial and accounting expertise, with over half of that time in public-company finance leadership experience spanning executive financial leadership, accounting, financial planning and analysis, SEC reporting, M&A and operational finance. She has served in multiple CFO roles, including as Chief Financial Officer of Maxar Technologies’ approximately $500 million U.S. Government business, CFO of its $1 billion Earth Intelligence business and Interim Chief Financial Officer of Maxar during its acquisition by Advent International.
During more than a decade at Maxar (now known as Vantor), Windrum also led technical accounting and external financial reporting, bringing deep expertise in public-company reporting, controls and complex accounting matters. She later joined DHI Group as Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis and Revenue Operations. Windrum began her career at KPMG, including serving as a Director in the firm’s Department of Professional Practice within its National Office, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
“We are building a company that demands financial rigor, operating discipline and accountability at every level, and that requires exceptional people with real subject matter expertise,” said Marcus Lemonis, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. “Jill represents exactly the caliber of leader we want on this team. She has the technical foundation, public-company experience and operating judgment to help us execute at a higher level. We will continue building a world-class finance and accounting organization with deep subject matter expertise across supply chain and inventory, SG&A and consolidation synergies, real estate, omnichannel economics, financial systems and controls, and capital allocation. The goal is simple: better information, better decisions and better financial outcomes.”
As Chief Accounting Officer and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Windrum will help lead the Company’s accounting and financial reporting organization while partnering across the enterprise on financial planning, controls, integration, process improvement, and the continued development of a scalable finance organization.