Target names John Mulligan CFO

Minneapolis -- Target Corp. announced Tuesday it has promoted current senior VP-finance John Mulligan to executive VP and CFO, effective April 1.



The announcement concludes a comprehensive search which included both internal and external candidates, said Target.



Mulligan succeeds Doug Scovanner, who announced his retirement last November.



A 16-year Target veteran, Mulligan has held leadership positions in finance, target.com and human resources.



Target said that Scovanner, following his retirement, will remain with the company in a part-time capacity until early November 2012 as part of the transition.