Hhgregg Names Jeremy Aguilar CFO, Gregg Throgmartin COO - Update

Wednesday, home appliances and consumer electronics retailer Hhgregg, Inc. (HGG) said that it has appointed its interim chief financial officer Jeremy Aguilar as new CFO, and senior vice president of store operations Gregg Throgmartin as executive vice president and chief operating officer. The company noted that these promotions are effective immediately.

Aguilar has been serving the company as interim CFO since March 2009 when the former CFO Donald Van der Wiel resigned from the company. Previously, Aguilar was the company's vice president, controller as well as director of financial reporting.

Throgmartin succeeds Dennis May, who was appointed as the president and chief executive officer in February. May was in charge of COO responsibilities until the new appointment. Throgmartin joined the company in 2001 and held the positions of senior vice president of store operations, vice president of sales, director of strategic merchandising, regional manager and store manager.

Further, the company appointed Michael Larimer as the new chief merchandising officer. Larimer was working as senior vice president of electronics merchandising of the company.

HGG is currently trading at $16.47, up 0.07 or 0.43% on a volume of 105K shares on the NYSE.

by RTTNews Staff Writer

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