NII Holdings, the $6.7 billion provider of mobile communications services in Latin America, named Juan Figuereo CFO and executive vice president. He succeeds Gokul Hemmady, who was named COO of the Reston, Va.-based company. Figuereo, 54, previously was CFO at Newell Rubbermaid. Earlier, he served as CFO at Cott Corp. and vice president of M&A at Wal-Mart International. Figuereo also spent more than 15 years at PepsiCo. 

Pepco Holdings, the $5.9 billion utility company, appointed Donna Kinzel treasurer, chief risk officer and vice president. She replaces Kevin McGowan, who was named vice president of regulatory affairs for the Washington-based company. Kinzel has been Pepco's director of investor relations since 2004. She was named finance manager for Pepco's enterprise business group in 1997 and assistant treasurer in 1999.

Yahoo, the $4.9 billion Internet company, named Kenneth Goldman CFO. He succeeds Tim Morse, who is stepping down. Goldman, 63, joins Yahoo from threat management company Fortinet, where he was CFO since 2007. Earlier, he was CFO and executive vice president of Dexterra and CFO and senior vice wwpresident of finance and administration at Siebel Systems. Goldman serves on the boards of Infinera Corp. and NXP Semiconductors.