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10 Apple finance leaders
These ten current and former Apple finance leaders have held vice president, senior director, director and controller roles across the company's FP&A, treasury, retail, services and regional finance teams. A reader can learn from them how finance at Apple plans budgets, runs controllership and supports individual businesses and markets.
Professionals to explore
01—10Cherry Manalili
LinkedInExperience: Division Controller · Apple
Division Controller at Apple since 2010. The profile says she has worked in several areas of corporate finance, including global financial planning and analysis, G&A, business unit operational support, regional support, investor relations, revenue and gross margin.
Chris Walter
LinkedInExperience: Retail Division Controller & Head of FP&A and Real Estate · Apple
Retail Division Controller & Head of FP&A and Real Estate at Apple since 2025. Former Retail Division Controller & Head of FP&A (2022–2025), Head of Retail FP&A & Global Marketing, Merchandising and Visuals Finance Support (2020–2022), Head of Retail FP&A (2019–2020) and Technical Accounting Manager (2017–2019) at Apple.
Donal Conroy
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Finance · Apple
Vice President Finance at Apple since 2011; the profile places this role in the Finance & Accounting department at the President/Vice President level, with a headline of Vice President, Finance at Apple Inc. Former VP, Finance at Cisco from 1997 to 2011.
Eric Petersen
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Finance · Apple
Former Senior Director, Finance at Apple (2019–2025), a role the profile lists in the Finance & Accounting department, and former Director, Finance at Apple (2011–2019). Former Director, Finance at Cisco (2004–2011) and Senior Manager at PwC (1993–2004).
Karen Caraway
LinkedInExperience: Controller · Apple
Former Controller at Apple (1988–2012); the profile headline describes her as retired. She describes the role as Controller and FP&A Manager for the Worldwide Operations division, covering the procurement of commodities and the manufacturing of consumer products. Former Controller at Raychem, now TE Connectivity (1974–1988).
Luis Hidalgo González
LinkedInExperience: Regional Head of Finance at Apple South Asia · Apple
Regional Head of Finance at Apple South Asia since 2022 and former Head of Finance at Apple Mexico (2017–2022). Former Finance Director at Duracell Mexico at Berkshire Hathaway (2016–2017) and Senior Finance Manager - Mexico Controller & Marketing Expenses Financial Analysis at Procter & Gamble (2014–2016).
Michael Jaynes
LinkedInExperience: Finance Director · Apple
Finance Director at Apple since 2022. The profile says he leads a 15-person team that manages worldwide FP&A for Apple's Legal, People (Human Resources and Recruiting), Environment, Government Affairs, Security, Giving and other corporate groups. Former Director Intellectual Property Commercial Litigation at Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held (2010–2014).
Nate Barton
LinkedInExperience: Finance Director (Services) · Apple
Finance Director (Services) at Apple since 2022. Former Finance Director (Real Estate & Development) (2018–2022), Sr. Manager Financial Controller (Corporate FP&A WW Comp & Benefits) (2014–2018), Manager (WW Sales FP&A) (2013–2014) and Financial Analyst (Education Sales) (2010–2013) at Apple.
Rebecca Almond
LinkedInExperience: Director, FP&A · Apple
Director, FP&A at Apple since 2024. Former Director, Retail Finance (2021–2024), Senior Finance Manager, Retail People Finance (2019–2021), Senior Finance Manager, Global Real Estate & Development (2016–2019) and European Finance Manager (2012–2016) at Apple.
Tejas Gala
LinkedInExperience: Director, Treasury · Apple
Director, Treasury at Apple since 2023, a role the profile lists with corporate finance, risk management and payment acceptance. Former Director, Head of Corporate Finance & Investor Relations (2021–2023), Senior Manager, Corporate Finance & Investor Relations (2019–2020) and Manager, Corporate Finance & Investor Relations (2017–2019) at Apple.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's finance area to your question, since treasury, divisional controllership and FP&A each see different parts of the business. For current practice, favor people whose Apple role has no end date, and use former leaders for how processes worked in earlier periods.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a large hardware and services company structure FP&A across product lines, retail and corporate functions?
- 02What does a divisional controller own at a company of Apple's scale, and how does that role work with corporate accounting?
- 03How does a corporate treasury team approach risk management and payment acceptance for a global consumer business?
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