Ted Timmermans was named vice president, corporate controller and chief accounting officer of The Williams Cos., a $12.4 billion oil and gas provider based in Tulsa, Okla. He succeeds Gary Belitz, who was named vice president of finance and accounting for the exploration and production business. Timmermans, 48, most recently was the company's assistant controller. Since joining Williams in 1978 as an internal auditor, he has served in corporate finance and accounting positions as well as positions at Williams' subsidiaries.

Cendant Corp., a $19.7 billion hotel franchisor, promoted David Wyshner to CFO and vice chairman of its travel content division, which has $2 billion in revenue. This is a new position. Wyshner, 38, most recently was treasurer and executive vice president of Cendant, as well as CFO of PPH Corp., Cendant's wholly owned finance subsidiary. Before joining New York City-based Cendant in 1999 as executive vice president of finance, planning and development, Wyshner worked in investment banking at Merrill Lynch & Co.

PNC Financial Services Group Inc., a $6.3 billion financial institution based in Pittsburgh, Pa., named Richard Johnson CFO. He succeeds William Demchak, who remains vice chairman of PNC. Johnson, 49, most recently was director of finance and senior vice president. Before joining PNC, Johnson was president and CEO of J.P. Morgan Services.

Michael Kelly was named chief accounting officer and vice president of corporate planning and control at Amgen Inc., a $10.5 billion biotechnology company based in Thousand Oaks, Calif. As chief accounting officer, Kelly replaces Timothy Martin, who was named vice president of finance for Amgen's global commercial operations. Kelly, 48, most recently was Amgen's vice president of finance for process development, operations and quality. Before joining Amgen, he was CFO and vice president of finance at Tanox Inc., corporate controller at Biogen Inc. and worked in finance for Monsanto Life Sciences Co. and its subsidiaries from 1981 to 1998.

D. Mark Leland was named CFO of El Paso Corp., a $5.8 billion energy producer based in Houston, Texas. He succeeds D. Dwight Scott, who is leaving to join GSO Capital Partners LP. Leland, 43, most recently was CFO and executive vice president of El Paso's production and non-regulated operations. Since joining the company in 1986, he has held various finance and accounting positions including CFO of the midstream group and COO of GulfTerra Energy Partners, El Paso's general partner at that time.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., a $6 billion oil and gas production company based in The Woodlands, Texas, named Al Walker CFO and senior vice president of finance. He replaces Jim Larson, who is retiring at yearend. Walker, 48, most recently was managing director of the global energy group at UBS Investment Bank. Earlier, he was president and CFO of 3TEC Energy Corp. and worked from 1987 through 2000 for Prudential Financial Inc., where his jobs included co-head of Prudential Capital Group.

Scott Forbes was named controller and chief accounting officer of OGE Energy Corp., a $4.9 billion electric utility based in Oklahoma City, Okla. He replaces Don Rowlett, who was named chief accounting policy officer. Forbes, 47, most recently was CFO and senior vice president of Texas-New Mexico Power Co. Earlier, he held accounting positions at electric utility companies including Gulf State Utilities Co. and Entergy Corp.

Frank Mergenthaler was named CFO and executive vice president of The Interpublic Group of Cos., a $5.8 billion advertising company based in New York City. He succeeds Robert Thompson, who left the company. Mergenthaler, 44, joined Interpublic from Columbia House Co., where he served as CFO and executive vice president. Previously, he was deputy CFO of Vivendi Universal S.A. and chief accounting officer, controller and assistant treasurer of The Seagram Co.

Time Warner Cable Inc., an $8.4 billion cable company that is a unit of Time Warner, named John Martin CFO and executive vice president. He replaces Landel Hobbs, who was named COO. Martin, 38, most recently was senior vice president of investor relations at Time Warner Inc. He joined Time Warner as manager of SEC financial reporting in 1993 and subsequently served as director in the office of the president and director of finance for special projects. Martin left Time Warner from 2000 to 2002 to serve as director of the equity research group at ABN AMRO Securities LLC.