Ace Hardware, the $3.7 billion Oak Brook,Ill.-based hardware cooperative, named WilliamGuzik CFO. He succeeds DorvinLively, who left last August to become CFO of RadioShack.Guzik, 52, served as CFO and executive vice president at MidasInternational for 13 years. He previously worked atPricewaterhouseCoopers, JG Industries and Delray Farms.

Weight Watchers, the $1.8 billion NewYork-based weight loss company, appointed NicholasHotchkin CFO. He succeeds Ann Sardini,who retired in March. Hotchkin, 46, joins Weight Watchers fromStaples, where he most recently served as senior vice president offinance for the U.S. retail division. Earlier, Hotchkin wasStaples' senior vice president of finance and treasurer, and workedin finance at Delphi Corp and General Motors.

State Auto Insurance Companies, a $1.5 billionColumbus, Ohio-based insurer, named Cynthia Powellchief risk officer, a new position for the company. She currentlyserves as treasurer and chief accounting officer. Powell, 51,joined State Auto in 1990 after working for three years as acertified public accountant.