NRG Energy, the $8.8 billion power producer,named Kirkland Andrews CFO. He succeedsChristian Schade, who is leaving to become CFO andexecutive vice president at Omthera Pharmaceuticals. Andrews, 43,joins Princeton, N.J.-based NRG from Deutsche Bank Securities,where he was a managing director and co-head of power and utilityinvestment banking in the Americas. Earlier, he worked ininvestment banking at Citigroup Global Markets. Andrews beganworking with NRG during the economic crisis of 2008 and 2009, whenhe advised the company as it warded off a hostile takeover attemptby Exelon.

MasterCard, the $5.5 billion global paymentsand technology company in Purchase, N.Y., named AndreaForster corporate controller and principal accountingofficer. She succeeds John Sulca, who held theposition on an interim basis and will continue to serve asassistant controller. Forster, 51, is joining MasterCard fromPepsiCo, where she most recently served as vice president of supplychain transformation. Over the past 20 years, she held a variety offinance positions at both PepsiCo and Pepsi Bottling Group,including serving as Pepsi Bottling's corporate controller from2000 to 2007 and its vice president of North America finance from2007 to 2008.

Vishay Intertechnology, a $2.7 billion Malvern,Pa.-based manufacturer of discrete semiconductors and electroniccomponents, named Lori Lipcaman CFO. She succeedsLior Yahalomi, Vishay's CFO since 2008, who hasresigned to explore new opportunities. Lipcaman, 53, has beenVishay's chief accounting officer and senior vice president since2008 and served as corporate senior vice president and operationscontroller for ten years prior to that.