Christina Wong, new CFO at Goodwin. Courtesy photo Goodwin's Wait for New CFO Comes to an End
AmEx veteran Christina Wong has joined the firm in New York. Goodwin had been without a CFO since early 2022, when longtime CFO Jon Kanter left.
June 21, 2023 at 10:30 AM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
Goodwin Procter, which has had a vacant CFO role for close to 18 months, said Christina Wong, a former American Express executive, has stepped into the job in New York.
Wong has held a variety of senior finance positions at various organizations, including a near three-decade stint at American Express, where she ascended to the title of chief financial officer and senior vice president of merchant services before leaving in 2018. Afterward, she was CFO at Ankura, a private-equity-backed consulting firm, and most recently she was an independent consultant.
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