Johnson named editor of CFO Journal

Wall Street Journal business editor Jason Anders sent out the following announcement on Monday:

I’m pleased to announce that Kimberly Johnson is appointed Editor of CFO Journal.

For the past year, Kimberly has been an editor and writer with CFO, which was the first of the professional business verticals launched by the Journal. CFO, along with CIO Journal, CMO Journal, Risk & Compliance Journal and Logistics Report, have attracted a loyal following among business professionals and emerged as key editorial drivers for the broader Journal empire. Kimberly, along with the rest of the CFO Journal staff, will continue to work to further expand the profile of the group as an indispensable resource at the Journal for coverage of corporate finance.

Kimberly’s broad experience makes her well suited for this key role. Before joining the Journal last year, Kimberly spent five years in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where she was a senior reporter and editor for Mergermarket, covering M&A and corporate finance across West and Central Africa with a focus on the Nigerian banking crisis and new oil discoveries. In addition to also writing for other publications, Kimberly trained journalists in Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Kimberly’s 19 years in journalism have seen her covering biotech, retail, the auto industry, telecommunications and more for the Associated Press, New Haven Register, Denver Post and CNN, among others.

Kimberly is a graduate of Boston University. Originally from the end of the 7 line in Flushing, Queens, she now lives on the Upper West Side with her spouse and very hairy cat.

Please join me in congratulating Kimberly.

Jason