05:29 PM EDT, 03/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Crown Castle ( CCI ) fired Steven Moskowitz as chief executive officer and appointed Chief Financial Officer Dan Schlanger as interim CEO.

The board has started the search for a permanent CEO, the company said Monday in a statement.

Moskowitz's "termination was not a result of any disagreement regarding Crown Castle's ( CCI ) policies or financial performance and was not made for cause or related to any ethical or compliance concern," according to the statement.

Sunit Patel will be appointed as CFO on April 1, and Schlanger is set for the role of chief transformation officer to oversee the closure of the company's sales of the small cells and fiber solutions businesses, which are expected to close in H1 2026.

The company reaffirmed recent financial guidance for 2025.