Top 40 distributor HALO Branded Solutions (asi/356000) has announced the hiring of Heather Bridges as the company’s new chief financial officer. Bridges will succeed Linda Janczkowski, who announced her intention in July to reduce her role in the company. Bridges will report to Marc Simon, CEO of HALO.

New HALO CFO Heather Bridges

“Heather was the obvious choice after a very thorough search,” Simon said in a press release. “She will be an exceptional addition to our leadership team. Her success in managing organizations of tremendous scale through acquisitions and ERP conversions and the development of sophisticated financial planning and analysis teams will add tremendous value to HALO.”

Bridges has worked in finance and strategic planning at major consumer product companies, including the past eighteen years at S.C. Johnson, where she served on the executive committee for North America.

“HALO is well positioned for continued profitable growth,” Bridges said. “The positive culture and complete focus on creating opportunities for key stakeholders drew me to the opportunity. I look forward to contributing additional leadership and expertise.”

In addition to being aggressive on acquisitions as of late, HALO has also been actively hiring leadership talent. In October, for instance, the Top 40 firm brought aboard Nicholas P. Jakubowski as its general counsel. The attorney has extensive experience with mergers and acquisitions, which helped make him an attractive candidate. In November, HALO appointed Kerri May to the position of supplier relations manager. May’s experience in the promo space helped make her the right choice, executives said. In January, HALO hired Rick Goddard as its new chief information officer. Previously, Goddard was director of technology services for Liberty Technology Advisors, a strategic management consultancy. While there, he advised and assisted Fortune 1000 clients.

With reported 2017 North American promotional product revenue of $416.4 million, HALO ranked third on Counselor’s most recent list of the largest distributors in the industry.