IBM Names Metz to Be Chief Financial Officer

International Business Machines named a new chief financial officer as part of a shuffle of top management in the world’s largest computer company.

Frank A. Metz Jr., 52, an IBM senior vice president, succeeds Allen J. Krowe, 54, as chief financial officer and head of the corporate finance and planning staffs, IBM said.

Krowe, also a senior vice president, was named corporate executive responsible for worldwide development and U.S. manufacturing for the Information Systems and Communications Group, the Information Systems and Products Group and Rolm Corp.