Dean Foods, a $13 billion food and beveragecompany based in Dallas, Texas, promoted ChrisBellairs to CFO and executive vice president. He succeedsShaun Mara, who is leaving the company to pursueother interests. Bellairs currently serves as CFO for Fresh DairyDirect, a subsidiary of Dean Foods. Earlier, he worked in financeat Procter & Gamble, PepsiCo and Iron Mountain.

Marsh & McLennan, an $11.5 billion globalprofessional services firm, appointed Keith Walshto head of investor relations and vice president. The company'sCFO, J. Michael Bischoff, previously handledinvestor relations. Walsh, 38, joins the New York-based companyfrom Citi, where he was an equity research analyst for 13years. He began his career as a research associate at SmithBarney, a former unit of Citigroup, in 1999.

Fossil, a $2.5 billion fashion accessoriescompany, named Dennis Secor CFO, treasurer andexecutive vice president. He will replace MikeKovar, who is retiring in March. Secor joins Fossil fromGuess? Inc., where he served as CFO and senior vicepresident. Prior to joining Guess? in 2006, he was CFO andvice president for the Canadian unit of Electronic Arts.