Waste Management Inc. will promote James Fish Jr. from senior vice president of the Eastern Group to executive vice president and CFO.<br />The promotion is effective as of the completion of the second quarter, Waste Management’s Thursday statement said.<br />Fish is succeeding Steven Preston, Waste Management principal financial officer, who will remain with the company through the third quarter to create a smooth transition.<br />Preston joined Houston-based Waste Management in 2011 after it acquired Oakleaf Global Holdings, where he was president and CEO. Preston now is looking to return to a chief executive position, he said in the statement.<br />Fish joined Waste Management in 2001 as director of financial planning and analysis and was promoted to vice president of price management two years later. He served as vice president of a variety of markets before being promoted to his current senior vice president position in 2011.<br />Before joining Waste Management, Fish held financial and revenue-management positions at Westex, a Yellow-Roadway subsidiary; Trans World Airlines; and America West Airlines.