Christy Wright started in treasury. She became Chief Accounting Officer. And then she did something most finance leaders never do. She left finance to run the supply chain. And recently served in a transition role as Interim CFO.
She is the Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain and Business Systems Officer at Southwire, a company that did $9.7 billion in revenue last year and produces nearly half of the cable powering the U.S electrical grid. Southwire’s products deliver power to multiple industries, including emerging markets such as data centers, electric utilities, transit, construction and residential markets.
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