Overview

• Charvel currently serves as the city's director of finance and city comptroller and has 26 years of public finance experience.
• He would succeed Matthew Vespi, who left last month to become the Port of San Diego’s chief administrative officer.
• The CFO oversees the city’s budget, accounting, treasury, risk management, and debt financing, and advises the mayor on fiscal policy and long-term planning.
• Gloria’s office credits Charvel with consolidating finance functions that save about $900,000 annually and with launching a Finance Academy that has trained more than 100 staff.
• Early priorities include preparing the fall five-year financial outlook as San Diego contends with a budget crunch that has prompted library hour reductions and new fees.