Sprint Nextel, the $41 billion provider of wireless and wireline communications services, with headquarters based in Reston, Va., named senior vice president and controller, William G. Arendt, acting CFO Arendt, 50, replaces Paul Saleh, who left the company January 25. Beginning in 1997, Arendt served in various senior finance position with Nextel until the time of the Sprint Nextel merger. Post merger he served as senior vice president and controller.

RH Donnelley Corp., the $1.9 billion provider of interactive offerings, with headquarters in Cary, N.C. has named R. Barry Sauder vice president, corporate controller and CAO. Sauder, 47, joins RH with over twenty years of financial management experience, he previously served as vice president of finance, corporate controller and CAO for InfraSource Services Inc. Prior to InfraSource, he assumed the role of vice president of finance and principal accounting officer for GSI Commerce Inc.

Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc, the $2.5 billion power supplier to over 400,000 customers in the Hawaiian Islands, with headquarters based in Honolulu, named controller Curtis Y. Harada interim financial vice president, treasurer and CFO. Harada, 51, replaces Eric K. Yeaman, who has been promoted the company's senior vice president and COO. Harada, joined Hawaiian in 1989 as director of internal audit. One year later he was named the company's controller. Prior to Hawaiian, he held numerous financial positions with Pacific Telesis Group in San Francisco and was an auditor with Coopers and Lybrand in Honolulu.