DALLAS, March 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lennox (NYSE: LII) today
announced the appointment of Sivasankaran "Soma" Somasundaram as a
member of its board of directors, effective March 15, 2024. Mr. Somasundaram is the President
and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of ChampionX
Corporation, a publicly traded global leader in chemistry
solutions, artificial lift systems, and highly engineered equipment
and technologies for use in the oil and gas industry.
"We're excited to welcome Soma as a member of our board of
directors," said Todd Teske,
Lennox's Board Chair. "Soma's strong strategic and operational
skills, his solid record of transformative business growth, and his
deep financial acumen make him an excellent addition to our
board."
"Adding a director with Soma's outstanding qualifications and
cultural fit so expeditiously following the departure of one of our
valued and long-standing directors is a testament to our robust
Board refreshment and succession planning," said Janet Cooper, Chair of Lennox's Board Governance
Committee.
Prior to ChampionX's spin-off from Dover Corporation in 2018,
Mr. Somasundaram was president and CEO of Dover Energy. He held a
number of other senior executive leadership roles at Dover,
including executive vice president of Dover Energy, executive vice
president of Dover Fluid Management, president of Dover's Fluid
Solutions Platform, president of Dover's Gas Equipment Group, and
president of Dover's RPA Process Technologies business. Before
joining Dover in 2004, Mr. Somasundaram served in various global
leadership roles at GL&V Inc. and Baker Hughes Inc.
Mr. Somasundaram holds a bachelor of science degree in
mechanical engineering from Anna University and a master of science
degree in industrial engineering from the University of
Oklahoma. In 2023, he was named as a member of the National
Petroleum Council, a federally chartered advisory committee whose
members are selected and appointed by the U.S. Secretary of
Energy.
About Lennox
Lennox (NYSE: LII) is a leader in energy-efficient
climate-control solutions. Dedicated to sustainability and creating
comfortable and healthier environments for our residential and
commercial customers while reducing their carbon footprint, we lead
the field in innovation with our cooling, heating, indoor air
quality, and refrigeration systems. Additional information on
Lennox is available at www.lennox.com.
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