Pfiz­er on the hunt for a new CFO as Frank D'Ame­lio re­tires af­ter near­ly 15 years

Frank D’Ame­lio, Pfiz­er’s leg­endary chief fi­nan­cial of­fi­cer of the last 15 years, would of­ten say his job was about un­der­stand­ing the “rhythm of the num­bers.” Now — as the com­pa­ny’s on track to drum up the largest sin­gle-year sales for a med­ical prod­uct ever — he’s hit­ting the ex­it on a high note.

D’Ame­lio is re­tir­ing from his po­si­tion as CFO and ex­ec­u­tive vice pres­i­dent of glob­al sup­ply, Pfiz­er re­vealed Wednes­day. CEO Al­bert Bourla has al­ready be­gun an ex­ter­nal search for his suc­ces­sor, and D’Ame­lio will stay on board through the tran­si­tion.

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