Torrid Holdings Inc. announced the promotion of Paula Dempsey to the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ms. Dempsey served as the interim CFO until her promotion on December 4, 2023. Ms. Dempsey joined Torrid as Senior Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations in January 2023.

On May 15, 2023, Ms. Dempsey was appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Torrid, Ms. Dempsey had extensive experience in the retail sector, most recently at Mattress Firm Inc., where she served as Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis from December 2020 through January 2022, and as Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance from January 2022 to December 2022. Ms. Dempsey was also Vice President of Finance for PriceSmart Inc., from May 2019 to September 2019 and Vice President of Commercial Finance and Investor Relations from October 2019 to December 2020.

Ms. Dempsey held various leadership roles in finance and financial planning and analysis including at Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc. from April 2017 through May 2019. Ms. Dempsey received an MBA with a focus on Finance, and a BA in Economics from Colorado State University.