This is Fortune 500 Power Moves, a column tracking executive shifts—from appointments and promotions to resignations and retirements—within the highest ranks of Fortune 500 companies.
Below is a recap of the C-suite developments at America’s highest-revenue-generating companies announced between March 14–27, 2026 organized by sector. Titles included in this roundup: CEOs (Chief Executive Officers), COOs (Chief Operating Officers), CFOs (Chief Financial Officers), and Chief Information Officers (CIOs). We also include CTOs (Chief Technology Officers), CMOs (Chief Marketing Officers), CHROs (Chief Human Resources Officers), Chief People Officers, and Chief Customer Officers when there are Power Moves within the Fortune 500 announced pertaining to those roles.
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Food, beverages, and tobacco
- Ingredion (No. 498) appointed Jason Payant interim CFO, effective April 1. Payant has been with the company for 14 years and currently serves as VP, Finance, Global Texture & Healthful Solutions for the company. He will retain this role while serving as CFO. Payant will succeed James D. Gray, who is resigning.
Health care
- Cencora (No. 10) announced that CFO James F. Cleary will retire, effective June 30, after eight years in the role. Cleary will remain with the company in an advisory capacity through the end of 2026 as the company searches for a successor internally and externally.
- Baxter International (No. 288) announced that CFO Joel Grade is leaving the company to prioritize family matters. Baxter will stay in an advisory capacity until April 30. Anita Zielinski, the company’s SVP, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, has assumed the additional role of interim CFO.
Retailing
- Dollar General (No. 112) appointed Jerry W. “JJ” Fleeman Jr. CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2027. Fleeman currently serves as CEO of Ahold Delhaize USA and will succeed Todd Vasos, who is retiring after serving as CEO twice, from 2015 until 2022 and from 2023 to present. Vasos will stay with the company as an advisor through April 2, 2027, and he likely will remain a board member.
- Rush Enterprises (No. 479) appointed Jody Pollard COO. Pollard joined the company in 1999 and most recently served as SVP–Truck and Aftermarket Sales. He succeeded Jason Wilder, who resigned from the company to pursue other opportunities.
Technology
- Insight Enterprises (No. 447) appointed Jack Azagury CEO, effective April 13. Azagury was previously Group Chief Executive–Consulting at Accenture (No. 211 on the Fortune Global 500) and will succeed Joyce Mullen, who will retire but continue in an advisory role.
Wholesalers
- Genuine Parts (No. 187) announced the resignation of EVP, Chief Information and Digital Officer Naveen Krishna, effective April 1. Krishna will stay with the company until May 5 to help with the transition, though the company plans to reallocate Krishna’s responsibility to other roles.
Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence
