Flowers Foods Inc., the $2 billion maker of packaged baked goods based in Thomasville, Ga., promoted R. Steve Kinsey to executive vice president and CFO from senior vice president and CFO. Kinsey, 47, joined the company's tax department in July 1989, becoming director of tax in June 1998. Kinsey became controller in March 2002, adding vice president to his title in June 2003. He was named senior vice president and CFO in September 2007.

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc., the $1.8 billion car rental company headquartered in Tulsa, Okla., hired Scott L. Thompson as senior executive vice president and CFO. Thompson, 49, took over from board member Richard W. Neu, 52, who became interim CFO when Steven B. Hildebrand, 49, retired after 20 years with the company. Thompson co-founded Houston-based automotive retailer Group 1 Automotive Inc., where he spent 10 years as executive vice president, CFO and treasurer.

The National Life Group, the $1.4 billion family of financial service companies based in Montpelier, Vt., appointed Edward J. Parry III executive vice president and CFO after serving as interim CFO since November 2007. Parry, 48, joined National Life after 16 years at The Hanover Insurance Group Inc., where he had been CFO since 1996. He was named executive vice president in October 2003 and appointed to the board of directors in December 2003.