CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
2 May 2007
Company News
Mentor Graphics Names Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mentor Graphics Corporation announced that Maria M. Pope will join the company as vice president and chief financial officer, reporting to president, Gregory K. Hinckley.
"We are delighted that Maria Pope, a seasoned executive with more than 20 years of financial and operational experience, will be joining our senior management team," said Gregory K. Hinckley, president of Mentor Graphics. "We are very fortunate to have an executive with the caliber of leadership and management skills that Maria brings, to head up our finance team. Mentor will certainly benefit from her wide-ranging background."
Pope will be responsible for treasury, tax, accounting, internal audit, corporate development, and investor relations at the company. Additionally, she will manage facilities and purchasing.
Previously, Pope held various senior management positions at Pope & Talbot, Inc., most recently vice president and general manager of the Wood Products Division. She has also held financial management positions at Levi Strauss & Co. and at Morgan Stanley & Co. Her extensive experience also includes board of director positions with Premera Blue Cross, where she is a member of the executive committee and chairs the audit committee, and Portland General Electric Company, where she is a member of the finance and audit committees. Pope has an MBA degree from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA degree from Georgetown University.
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