Clarus Corp. has appointed a new chief financial officer, Michael J. Yates, taking over one of the functions of Aaron J. Kuehne, who has been promoted to the new position of executive vice president and chief operating officer of the parent company Black Diamond and an increasing number of other brands. Kuehne, who joined Clarus in 2010, has been serving as its CFO, secretary and treasurer since 2013. He was made executive vice president last March. Yates has spent nearly 35 years in financial management positions. After working for PriceWaterhouseCoopers and KPMG, he served in various roles at IDEX Corporation, a diversified engineered products company where he has been most recently worked in the position of chief accounting officer since 2010.

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