Waste Management Names James Fish EVP, CFO

Waste Management Inc. (WM), headquartered in Houston, has named James Fish Jr. executive vice president and chief financial officer. Fish, currently senior vice president of the Waste Management’s eastern group, replaces Steven Preston, who will leave the company by the end of the third quarter of this year.

Preston joined Waste Management in 2011 after the company acquired Oakleaf Global Holdings, where he was president and CEO.

David Steiner, president and CEO of Waste Management, says, "Steve has been highly effective as a strategic, operational and financial leader in our company. He has also played an integral role in many of our key initiatives. We wish Steve much success and know that another company will be fortunate to have him as a new chief executive. Fortunately for us, we have a proven person in Jim Fish to assume our CFO responsibilities."

Regarding Fish, Steiner says, "Over more than a decade at Waste Management, Jim has taken on a wide variety of responsibilities and has done an exceptional job in every role. Jim knows the company, he is a leader and he has embraced our need to change and grow. The combination of Jim's valuable field and corporate experience, together with his financial expertise and focus on growth, ideally position him to manage our financial affairs as we pursue our strategies of knowing more about our customers and how best to service them; extracting more value from the materials we handle; and innovating and optimizing our business."