Harrah's Entertainment, a $10.1 billion company that operates casinos on four continents under brands including Harrah's, Caesars, Horseshoe and Showboat, named Eric Hession treasurer. He succeeds Jonathan Halkyard, the company's CFO, who also served as treasurer prior to Hession's appointment. Hession, 36, most recently was vice president of finance at Las Vegas-based Harrah's. He joined the casino company in 2002 after working for four years at Merck.

Modine Manufacturing, a Racine, Wis.-based provider of thermal management technology with $1.2 billion of 2009 revenue, promoted Michael Lucareli to CFO. He succeeds Bradley Richardson, who left in November to become CFO of Diebold. Modine's CEO, Thomas Burke, served as interim CFO. Lucareli, 41, was named treasurer and vice president of finance in 2008, and continues to hold those titles. He joined Modine in 1999 as business development and investor relations manager.

Robert Bosch, a $7.3 billion North American unit of German technology company Robert Bosch GmbH, appointed Maximiliane Straub CFO and executive vice president of controlling, finance and administration. She succeeds Ulrich Kirschner, who was named president of a division in Germany. Straub, 45, has served as president of the company's North American chassis systems full brakes division since 2006. She joined Bosch in 1993 and became a cost accountant for the chassis systems unit in 1994.

Avery Dennison, a $6 billion manufacturer of labels and office products, named Mitchell Butier CFO and senior vice president. He succeeds Daniel O'Bryant, who was named executive vice president of business development. Butier, 38, has been chief accounting officer and corporate vice president of global finance for the Pasadena, Calif.-based company since 2007. Since joining Avery Dennison in 2000 from PricewaterhouseCoopers, Butier had worked in finance positions in various business units.

Federal-Mogul, a Southfield, Mich.-based auto parts supplier that emerged from bankruptcy in 2007, named Alan Haughie CFO and senior vice president. He succeeds Jeff Kaminski, who left in May to take the CFO post at KB Homes. Haughie, 46, has served as the $5.3 billion company's controller, chief accounting officer and vice president since 2005. Earlier, he was director of corporate finance and served as controller for the U.K. aftermarket business. Prior to joining Federal-Mogul, he worked in audit at Ernst & Young.

MasterCard Worldwide, the $5.1 billion credit card company in Purchase, N.Y., hired Sachin Mehra as its corporate treasurer. He succeeds Andrea Robertson, the company's treasurer since 2003, who is retiring. Mehra, 39, joins MasterCard from Hess Corp., where he had been treasurer for more than two years. Earlier, he worked at General Motors, where his positions included regional treasurer for GM's Asia Pacific region, director of capital markets at GMAC and general director of the treasury office.

Willis Group Holdings, a $3.2 billion insurance brokerage, named Michael Neborak group CFO and executive vice president. He succeeds Patrick Regan, who left in February to become CFO of Aviva. Stephen Wood, Willis' controller, served as interim CFO. Neborak, 53, comes to Willis from MSCI, where he was CFO. Earlier, he worked for Citigroup and its predecessors; his last role at Citigroup was divisional CFO for the global operations and technology unit and the alternative investments group.

Alaska Air Group, a $3.4 billion Seattle-based company whose subsidiaries include Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, named Brandon Pedersen CFO. He succeeds Glenn Johnson, the finance chief since 2008, who was named president of Horizon Air. Pedersen, 43, has been controller and vice president of finance for both Alaska Air and Alaska Airlines since 2006. He joined Alaska Air in 2003 from KPMG, where he was a partner. Earlier, Pedersen worked for 12 years at Arthur Andersen.