Best Buy Names CFO

Minneapolis Best Buy Co. said Monday James Muehlbauer will take on the role of CFO, a job he has held with the company on an interim basis since September last year.

Muehlbauer also was named executive VP, finance. He joined the company in 2002 and formerly worked at Pillsbury Co.

Last fall, Darren Jackson, the company’s previous CFO, moved to the newly created post of executive VP, customer operations group, after seven years as CFO.