Caterpillar CFO to Retire in 2018
Caterpillar Inc. will begin its global, external search for a new chief financial officer after it announced that group president and CFO Brad Halverson has elected to retire in early 2018, concluding a career spanning more than three decades with the company.
Halverson will continue working into early 2018 and will help ensure a smooth transition for the new CFO.
Prior to becoming CFO, Halverson served two years as vice president of the Finance Services Division, and before that position, he was the corporate controller.
Halverson joined Caterpillar in 1988 as an accountant. In 1993, he moved to Geneva, Switzerland, to become a strategy and planning consultant. He went on to become controller in Europe, responsible for Caterpillar's financial reporting in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Halverson returned to the U.S. in 1996 to manage general accounting and financial systems. From 1998 until 2002, Halverson was the CFO of Caterpillar's Engine Division and was the director of Mergers & Acquisitions.
Halverson graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting in 1982, and earned an Executive MBA in 1996, both from the University of Illinois. He is a certified public accountant (CPA) and member of the American Institute of CPAs.
Halverson serves on the Sysco Corporation Board of Directors and is a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Board. He also serves on the Dean's Business Council for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Business and the OSF St. Francis Medical Center Community Advisory Board. Halverson is the Immediate Past Chairman of the Easter Seals of Central Illinois Board of Trustees, and he is the current Treasurer of the Easter Seals Foundation Board of Trustees. In addition, Halverson is the Chairman of the Illinois High School Association State Basketball Tournament Steering Committee.
