Lane Names VP Of Finance and Analysis

November 5, 2008  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Leather Upholstery on November 2008 Tupelo, Miss.-based Lane Home Furnishings, a unit of Furniture Brands International, announced Wednesday that it has hired Brian Hobbs as vice president of finance and analysis.

He brings more than 27 years of experience to the position. Most recently he was president and chief financial officer of Designer Furniture International, San Diego, Calif. A CPA with an MBA degree, Hobbs is succeeding Larry Witcher, who is retiring at the end of the year after 35 years with the world’s second-largest recliner maker.