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Eaton Names David Foster Chief Financial Officer

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By Colin Kellaher 




  Eaton has brought 29-year company veteran David Foster back as the power-management company's executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective immediately. 



  Eaton on Monday said Olivier Leonetti, who has been the Dublin-based company's finance chief since February 2024, will serve in a senior advisory capacity until departing on March 13. 



  The company in November said Leonetti would be leaving as part of a planned transition, and that it would consider internal and external candidates as it searched for a successor. 



  Foster, 54 years old, held various roles across Eaton's finance organization from 1993 through his retirement in 2022 and returned for a brief stint as senior vice president of finance and planning in early 2024. 



  Eaton said Foster will receive an annual base salary of $815,000 and an annual bonus with a target of 100% of his base pay. 





  Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com 





  (END) Dow Jones Newswires



  March 02, 2026 07:08 ET (12:08 GMT)


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