Kinaxis hires veteran finance executive Herb Yeh as CFO and chief strategy officer

Kanata-based Kinaxis, the maker of supply-chain management software, has hired Herb Yeh as its new chief financial officer and chief strategy officer. Yeh assumes the role from longtime CFO Blaine Fitzgerald, who left the company in May after six years.

Yeh brings more than 25 years of corporate finance and investment banking experience with various global technology companies. Most recently, he served as senior managing director at New York-based investment banking advisory firm Evercore, where he helped lead the firm's technology strategic advisory practice with a focus on software. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics and a doctorate in law from the University of Pennsylvania.

Kinaxis CEO Razat Gaurav said Yeh's experience is well-suited to the company's growth phase. "Herb has followed Kinaxis and the broader supply chain technology sector closely for more than a decade, and that depth of perspective, paired with his expertise advising companies on capital allocation, strategic finance, M&A and global growth, is exactly what we need," Gaurav said.

The hiring comes after Kinaxis reported record first-quarter profit and has been posting revenue growth percentages in the mid-teens. The company cracked the $100-million mark in annual revenue in 2024.