Greenbrier Cos. (GBX) Appoints Adrian Downes as SVP, Accounting Chief
Tweet Send to a FriendGet Alerts GBX Hot Sheet
Up)
Trade GBX Now!
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE: GBX) announced that Adrian Downes has joined the Company as Senior Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer.
Downes has nearly 30 years of accounting and finance experience in a variety of industries, both with publicly held and privately held companies. Most recently, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Knowledge Universe, a private-equity owned early childhood education provider. Downes previously held various senior financial executive positions for Fortune 200 publicly held organizations including SUPERVALU, Albertson's, Gap, Inc. and Pacific Telesis. He began his career in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers, initially based at their Dublin, Ireland office before transferring to San Francisco. He obtained his Certified Public Accountant certification in California.
In his current role with Greenbrier, Downes will be responsible for directing all Greenbrier's global corporate and operational accounting activities. He will also oversee Greenbrier's information technology and tax planning functions.
Join StreetInsider.com FREE and get immediately alerted when news breaks on your stocks and other market items - JOIN NOW
*NEW - Download StreetInsider's FREE iPhone and iPad App - Click Here
Downes has nearly 30 years of accounting and finance experience in a variety of industries, both with publicly held and privately held companies. Most recently, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Knowledge Universe, a private-equity owned early childhood education provider. Downes previously held various senior financial executive positions for Fortune 200 publicly held organizations including SUPERVALU, Albertson's, Gap, Inc. and Pacific Telesis. He began his career in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers, initially based at their Dublin, Ireland office before transferring to San Francisco. He obtained his Certified Public Accountant certification in California.
In his current role with Greenbrier, Downes will be responsible for directing all Greenbrier's global corporate and operational accounting activities. He will also oversee Greenbrier's information technology and tax planning functions.
Join StreetInsider.com FREE and get immediately alerted when news breaks on your stocks and other market items - JOIN NOW
*NEW - Download StreetInsider's FREE iPhone and iPad App - Click Here
You May Also Be Interested In
- Hess (HES), Elliott to End Proxy Contest; Three Elliott Nominees Will be Added
- Greenbrier to participate in Crude by Rail panel discussion at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2013 Global Transportation Conference
- U.S. SEC Appoints Lona Nallengara as Chief of Staff; Keith Higgins as Corp. Finance Director
Create E-mail Alert Related Categories
Management Changes
Login with Facebook
Sign up for StreetInsider Free!
Receive full access to all new and archived articles, unlimited portfolio tracking, e-mail alerts, custom newswires and RSS feeds - and more!
