Paul Mahoney will continue leading the Production and Automation Technology segment, reporting to me. Paul has led the global artificial lift business for more than eight years. He joined Dover in 2012 from Emerson Electric, where he held various executive leadership and management roles in sales and operations.

Saurabh Nitin will lead the Corporate Development and Strategy work for the new organization. Saurabh led the due diligence for the ChampionX transaction and is currently co-PMO lead for the Better Together integration planning, along with Kurt Kirchof. Saurabh joined Apergy in 2019, and he has held leadership roles in M&A and strategy at Pall Corporation and Kemira. Saurabh was a consultant and partner at leading management consulting firms, and he has worked across oil and gas, chemicals and industrial goods sectors.

Ali Raza will lead the Digital offering for the new organization. The day-to-day commercial digital functions within other areas of the Apergy and ChampionX businesses will continue their current reporting lines. Ali has 27 years of experience in oil and gas automation and business process optimization software management. He will drive growth by creating and implementing digital strategies that will enhance our traditional businesses with digital offerings and new business models. He will also continue his leadership of Norrisseal-WellMark, Windrock, and Quartzdyne product lines.

Julia Wright will lead the Law function for the new organization. Julia joined Apergy in 2018 to serve as the company’s first general counsel. She stood up the legal and compliance function with a dedicated team that works closely with our operations. Before joining Apergy, she served as vice president and general counsel of Nabors Industries. Peter Olasky will serve in a dual role within the Law Department for the new organization by leading the Compliance function and continuing to support operations for ChampionX, reporting to Julia. He will leverage his deep knowledge of international operations and business acumen in his new role and also oversee strategic projects for the combined company. He joined Champion Technologies in 2011 and is sector general counsel for ChampionX. He previously worked for Skadden Arps.

Jordan Zweig will assume global leadership for Human Resources in the new organization. Jordan joined Ecolab in 2013 to lead global HR for Nalco Champion and most recently led HR for Ecolab’s global Institutional business in St. Paul, Minn. He previously served in global HR leadership roles for GE, Monsanto and Graham Packaging Company. Amy Thompson Broussard will remain with the organization for a transition period after the completion of the transaction. During this transition period, she will work with Jordan in integration activities across the HR function.

Our continued Journey to Zero and mutual strong commitment around the safety, health and the environment will remain paramount in our new company, and to that end we will have an enterprise HSE council. Juan Alvarado, who leads SHEQ for ChampionX, will chair this council for our new organization and work closely with Adam Worley, the PAT segment HSE leader and Apergy’s current HSE Council lead, to build the framework for the new council. The HSE council will report to me. Juan will continue to lead SHEQ for ChampionX and report to Deric.

Mark Eley, who leads ChampionX’s Marketing and Technology function, will assume leadership of the new organization’s corporate communications function, in addition to his current ChampionX responsibilities. Mark has served in a variety of sales, marketing and technology leadership roles with ChampionX. He joined Exxon Chemical in 1995 as a research chemist in the UK and most recently was vice president of Eastern Hemisphere for 10 years based in Dubai.

Kurt Kirchof will continue leading the ChampionX Specialty Performance segment, formerly known as WellChem, reporting to Deric. Kurt is currently co-PMO lead for the Better Together integration planning, along with Saurabh Nitin. Kurt joined Nalco 36 years ago and has held a number of leadership positions, including international assignments, in sales and marketing roles for Nalco, Nalco Champion and ChampionX in paper, water, oilfield chemicals and reservoir markets.

Ross O’Dell will continue leading the ChampionX Oilfield Performance segment, formerly known as OFC, reporting to Deric. Ross joined Nalco in 1996 and has held senior sales, marketing and leadership roles in upstream and downstream.

Alina Parast will lead global IT for the new organization. Alina has more than 25 years of experience in global information technology leadership roles across various industries. She joined the company in 2007 as a vice president for IT and has held leadership roles in IT for Ecolab, including most recently leading Enterprise Business Applications and Infrastructure Services. John Gray, currently Senior Director of IT for Apergy, will continue with the new organization, reporting to Alina.

Eric Seip will assume leadership for the new organization’s strategic sourcing activities in addition to his current leadership of ChampionX’s global Supply Chain. Joby Jacob and his team will report into Eric’s organization. The day-to-day supply chain and purchasing functions within Apergy will continue their current reporting into the respective product lines. Eric joined Nalco in 2009 leading the global Nalco Water Supply Chain and Nalco’s global Operational Excellence transformation leveraging his Lean manufacturing background. He joined Nalco Energy Services in 2010. He has led global operations, procurement and supply chain teams for more than 20 years in discreet and process industries and operated his own business for five years.