American International Group hiredJeffrey Farber as deputy CFO, which is a newposition for the $77 billion insurer, and senior vice president. Hereports to CFO David Herzog. Farber, 46, isjoining AIG from Gamco Investors, where he served as CFO. Earlier,he was controller and senior vice president of finance at BearStearns and an audit partner at Deloitte & Touche. AIG alsonamed Elizabeth Werner head of investor relations.She was formerly an analyst focused on insurance stocks, mostrecently at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Cincinnati Bell, the $1.4 billion regionaltelecommunications company, named Susan Kinseycontroller and vice president. She replaces KurtFreyberger, who is now CFO of the company's communicationsdivision. Kinsey, 46, had been associate vice president ofaccounting services for Luxottica Retail North America since 2009.Earlier, she served as director of financial reporting at PNCFinancial Services Group, assistant treasurer at National CityCorp., and a principal at accounting firm Andersen.

Hovnanian Enterprises, a $1.4 billionhomebuilder in Red Bank, N.J., named Brad O'Connorchief accounting officer. He succeeds PaulBuchanan, who is retiring. O'Connor, 40, will alsomaintain his current role of controller, a job he has performedsince 2007. O'Connor first joined Hovnanian in 2004 as associatecorporate controller. Earlier, he was controller at AmershamBiosciences, a global biotech company, and senior manager in theaudit practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Dorman Products, a manufacturer of autoreplacement parts in Colmar, Pa., promoted MatthewKohnke to CFO. He replaces MathiasBarton, who was named co-president. Kohnke, 39, waspreviously controller, a position he had held since 2002. Beforejoining Dorman, Kohnke worked at Arthur Andersen, beginning as anintern in January 1992 and becoming an audit and business advisorymanager. Dorman reported sales of $456 million in 2010.

Oil-Dri Corp. of America, a $219 millionmanufacturer of cat litter, named Jeffrey LibertCFO. He succeeds Andrew Peterson, who left theChicago-based company in February. Libert, 44, was previously thecompany's treasurer. Oil-Dri also named Daniel Smith, 51, formerlycontroller, chief accounting officer.

Nanometrics, a metrology systems company inMilpitas, Calif., named Ronald Kisling CFO. Hereplaces James Moniz, who is retiring. Beforejoining Nanometrics, Kisling, 50, spent four years at PGP Corp., acompany acquired last year by Symantec, where his final positionwas CFO. Earlier, he worked in finance at software companiesincluding Portal Software and SPL WorldGroup, both of which wereacquired. Nanometrics reported sales of $77 million in 2009.