Poulton joins Allscripts as CFO

Editorial Staff | | Health Exec | EMR/EHR

Richard J. Poulton will join Allscripts as chief financial officer, effective Oct. 29.

Poulton will oversee all company finance functions including controllership, tax, financial planning and analysis, treasury and investor relations. Poulton will report to Allscripts' CEO Glen Tullman.

Poulton brings more than 18 years of experience in financial planning, operational and business management, and development. He joins Allscripts from AAR, where he served as CFO and treasurer. Prior to AAR, Poulton spent more than 10 years at UAL in a variety of financial and business development roles including senior vice president of business development as well as president and CFO of the company's client-focused Loyalty Services subsidiary.

Poulton succeeds interim CFO David Morgan and will be located at the Allscripts corporate headquarters in Chicago.

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