El Paso Electric has made several executive changes.<br /><br />The company's board late last week promoted Nathan Hirschi from controller to chief financial officer, and Steve Buraczyk was promoted from vice president of regulatory affairs to senior vice president in charge of operations.<br /><br />David Carpenter, who was chief financial officer, and Hector Puente, who was chief operations officer, were both promoted to senior vice president positions and will oversee special projects for the company.<br /><br />"David and Hector will be providing me and the board of directors with strategic advice based on their decades of experience," El Paso Electric CEO Tom Shockley said in a statement. "In addition, reporting to me, they will lead special projects that I believe are critical to EPE's future."<br /><br />Bill Stiller, chief human resources officer since January, was promoted to senior vice president for human resources and customer care.