C. Clifford Wright has been elected chief...

C. Clifford Wright has been elected chief financial officer of American Ecology Corp., an Agoura Hills company that manages hazardous-waste sites. He succeeds Karl J. Eimer, who will continue to serve as the company’s secretary and treasurer.

Wright most recently was KPMG Peat-Marwick’s director of corporate finance for the southwestern states and previously was divisional vice president in finance and planning for Browning-Ferris Industries Inc.