Lydall Inc. finance chief Erika H. Steiner is leaving the Manchester maker of heat and sound insulation and automotive air- and oil-filter inserts and other products by the end of the month, replaced by a finance veteran from a much larger U.S. manufacturer with West Hartford operations.
Lydall announced Thursday that Robert K. Julian, 50, will take over Oct. 29 as executive vice president and chief financial officer.
The last day for Steiner, formerly Erika G. Turner, will be on or around Nov. 6, the company said.
Julian, 50, currently is senior vice president and CFO for Legrand North America, a unit of France’s Legrand SA, which makes parts and components for electrical systems and information networks installed in homes and commercial buildings.
Wiremold/Legrand has operations at 60 Woodlawn St. in West Hartford.
Before joining Legrand eight years ago, he was vice president and controller in the Worldwide Strategic Sourcing of division of what is now Thermo Fisher Scientific, a maker-distributor of scientific gear.
Previously Julian held key financial leadership roles at Cisco Systems, Honeywell International and Rockwell International.
Julian has an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BA in finance from Michigan State University.
