By Colin Kellaher

AES Corp. said it named Stephen Coughlin executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Oct. 15.

The Arlington, Va., power generation and utility company said Mr. Coughlin succeeds Gustavo Pimenta, who has resigned to join Brazilian mining company Vale S.A. as chief financial officer.

AES said Mr. Coughlin, 50 years old, currently serves as vice president of corporate strategy and financial planning and analysis.

Mr. Pimenta has been chief financial officer of AES since January 2019.

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