New Century Financial Names CFO

Patti M. Dodge has been promoted from executive vice president of New Century Financial Corp., Irvine, Calif., and chief financial officer of its subsidiary New Century Mortgage Corp. to CFO of the parent company.Ms. Dodge will succeed Edward F. Gotschall, who has been vice chairman and CFO of New Century Financial since its inception in 1995, the company said. Mr. Gotschall will assume the newly created title of vice chairman of finance and will remain a member of the company's board of directors. Ms. Dodge, who joined New Century in 1996, has 18 years of experience in the financial services industry. New Century can be found online at http://www.ncen.com.