Red Lion HotelsCorp. CFO James Bell has stepped down to explore a different professionalventure.

Accordingly, the company's board named David Wright to assumethe CFO post on an interim basis, with immediate effect. Executive search firm AETHOSGroup has been hired to aid the company's board in its search for a permanent CFO,according to an April 12 release.

Wright has been serving as vice president of accounting, taxand external reporting since he joined the company in 2015.