Avantor, Inc. announced that Chief Financial Officer (CFO), R. Brent Jones, will leave the Company on or before June 24, 2026. Avantor has initiated a search to identify the Company's next CFO. To ensure a smooth transition until a new CFO is appointed, Steve Eck, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (CAO), will serve as interim CFO upon Mr. Jones' departure.
Mr. Eck will continue to serve in his current role and retain his responsibilities as the Company?s principal accounting officer while the Company undertakes an executive search process for a permanent CFO. Mr. Eck, 50, joined the Company in 2019 as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. Before joining the Company, Mr. Eck previously served as the principal accounting officer of CSS Industries, Inc., a consumer products company, from June 2018 to April 2019.
Prior to joining CSS Industries in 2018, Mr. Eck served as a Vice President of Finance and in other senior level finance positions at Fidelity National Information Systems, a financial technology and payments company, between 2014 and 2018. Mr. Eck also served in senior accounting roles at Gardner Denver, Inc., an industrial manufacturer, and at General Electric Company, a high-tech industrial company, between 2010 and 2014. Mr. Eck began his professional career in 2001 at Deloitte & Touche LLP.
Mr. Eck earned a B.A. in accounting from Muhlenberg College and is a Certified Public Accountant.
