Starbucks taps Nordstrom’s Cathy Smith as CFO

Starbucks Corp. has appointed Cathy Smith as the company’s chief financial officer and executive vice president, the coffee chain announced in a filing Tuesday.

The company

said that Smith is joining Starbucks SBUX from Nordstrom Inc. JWN, where she has served as chief financial officer, executive vice president and treasurer since 2023. Smith has previously served as CFO of Bright Health Group, Target Corp. TGT, Express Scripts, Walmart Inc.’s WMT international division, GameStop Corp. GME, Centex, Kennametal Inc. KMT, Textron Inc. TXT and RTX RTX.