12.03.2015

New CFO for Iron Planet

Online auction house Iron Planet has appointed Debbie Schleicher as its new chief financial officer. She will be responsible for its finance function, including accounting, financial reporting, compliance, planning and analysis, treasury and tax.

Schleicher joins the company after a seven and a half year stint with accountant Grant Thornton, where she was national partner responsible for its tax, finance optimisation and global compliance and reporting practices.

Before that she was a partner at SC&H group for a year, following a couple of years as a managing director with PricewaterhouseCoopers. She started her career at Arthur Andersen where she worked for 15 years as a partner in corporate tax with a focus on corporate transactions, financial reporting for income tax, and business process outsourcing.
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Debbie Schleicher

Chief executive Gregory Owens said: “I am pleased to welcome Debbie Schleicher to the Iron Planet team as our new chief financial officer. Iron Planet will benefit from her vast experience in building reporting and tax processes, as well as her client management and implementation skills. Debbie is an important and strategic addition to our executive team as we continue to drive our business and expand our online platform for buying and selling used heavy equipment.”

“I am thrilled to be joining Iron Planet. I have tremendous confidence in our executive team and in the strength of Iron Planet’s platform, which provides great service, value and agility to sellers and buyers of used heavy equipment and trucks,” added Schleicher.