RDO Equipment Co. recently announced that Steven B. Dewald has been named chief financial officer of the company, effective immediately. He is replacing Thomas Espel, who will remain RDO’s corporate treasurer with continuing responsibility for the company’s investor relations. Espel has also been named corporate treasurer of Offut Companies.

Dewald Joined RDO in 1996 and has held several key financial positions within the company and its related companies. He has served as director of finance for Ag Capital Company, as senior vice president of RDO Financial Services Co., and most recently as director of finance for RDO Equipment Co. Prior to RDO Equipment Co., Dewald was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Metropolitan Financial Corporation from 1992 until 1995, when US Bancorp acquired the Minneapolis-based, $8.1 billion financial services company. Dewald began his career with the Minneapolis office of Ernst & Young.