Health Management Associates has installed an interim CFO after current Executive Vice President and CFO Kelly Curry agreed to step down late last week.
Curry, 58, who has served as CFO since 2010, ended his employment with the Naples, Fla.-based hospital chain effective Sept. 13, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Two days earlier, Kerrin Gillespie resigned from his role as senior VP, finance, also effective Sept. 13.
Gary Bryant, 43, HMA's senior VP and controller since April, will serve as interim CFO. He joined the 71-hospital chain in 2006 from MedCath Corp., where he was VP-controller.
HMA has had an interim CEO since Aug. 1, when John Starcher Jr., replaced Gary Newsome.
Curry steps down after a tumultuous year for HMA, when the chain failed to meet earnings forecasts, came under scrutiny in a number of government investigations, became the target of an activist investor and had its board of directors ousted by shareholders.
HMA has a $3.9 billion offer on the table from Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tenn., but the bid still needs shareholder approval.
Before becoming CFO, Curry held a number of leadership roles at the chain, including chief administrative officer and COO.
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