Fidelity Names Prez, COO

Brent Bickett has been named president of Fidelity National Financial Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., and Alan L. Stinson, FNF's chief financial officer, has been named to the additional post of chief operating officer.FNF's chairman and chief executive officer, William P. Foley II, said Mr. Bickett has run the company's merger-and-acquisition group during numerous acquisitions in recent years, and that his appointment "exemplifies the significance that merger-and-acquisition activity will have in the future FNF holding company strategy." In his additional role as COO, Mr. Stinson will be responsible for accounting governance and oversight for "the entire family of FNF companies," Mr. Foley said. The company can be found online at http://www.fnf.com.