Shawcor Announces Resignation of Chief Financial Officer, Senior Management Appointment and Leadership Succession Plan
October 08 2021 - 7:30AM
Shawcor Ltd. (“Shawcor” or the “Company”) (TSX: SCL) today
announced that Gaston Tano, Senior Vice President Finance &
Chief Financial Officer, has elected to step down and will depart
the Company effective May 31, 2022.
Shawcor also announced that Thomas R. Holloway
will join the Company as Vice President & Chief Accounting
Officer, commencing on or about December 1, 2021 and is expected to
succeed Mr. Tano as the Senior Vice President Finance & Chief
Financial Officer.
In his interim role, Mr. Holloway will
immediately assume responsibility for the Company’s financial
accounting and related reporting activities and will report to
Gaston Tano, Shawcor’s Senior Vice President & Chief Financial
Officer. Mr. Tano will continue to actively lead Shawcor’s finance
function. Consistent with the Company’s past executive succession
practice, Mr. Tano will engage in a robust transition process with
Mr. Holloway to enable a seamless transfer of responsibilities.
Mr. Holloway holds a BBA in Accounting from the
University of Houston and joins Shawcor following a career which
started with Arthur Anderson and has included senior financial and
accounting leadership roles in multiple energy focused
organizations. Among his previous experiences, Mr. Holloway served
as VP Finance at Forum Energy Technologies, Inc., Chief Accounting
Officer at Spark Energy and, more recently, as CFO for two complex,
global, private equity backed product manufacturing
organizations.
Mr. Tano joined Shawcor in September 2016 as
Vice President, Finance and became Chief Financial Officer on May
1st, 2017. During his tenure he has been instrumental in
driving enhancements across the Company’s finance functions and
delivering substantial cost and capital efficiencies. His
leadership in capital allocation, multiple credit facility
negotiations and restructuring plans has contributed to significant
stakeholder value creation, as has his critical role in driving
strategic initiatives and portfolio optimization - including the
highly successful acquisition of ZCL Composites and more recent
divestiture of Canusa-CPS and Dhatec.
Mike Reeves, Shawcor’s President & CEO said,
“On behalf of Shawcor employees around the world I want to
recognize and thank Gaston for his extremely significant
contributions to this organization. His dedication, experience and
commitment have been vital as the company navigated several
challenging years, particularly the extraordinary circumstances of
2020. I am very pleased to have someone of Tom’s caliber and
capability join Shawcor and partner with me and the entire
executive leadership team for the next phase of our growth. Tom’s
prior public and private company experience and results driven
approach to leadership will help ensure our continued success. I
have full confidence that the extended transition time before
Gaston’s departure will allow an efficient and effective transfer
of responsibilities to Tom, ensuring no interruption in our
near-term business execution or longer-term strategic
initiatives.”
Shawcor's Chair Derek Blackwood said, "The Board
would like to thank Gaston for his strong leadership and highly
effective execution of so many important activities over the last
five years. His deep experience and personal work ethic have been
crucial, particularly during the past 18 months and we wish him and
his family the very best. I’m excited to welcome Tom into the
Shawcor team; the Board and I look forward to working with him
through and beyond his transition into the CFO position."
Shawcor Ltd. is a global company serving various
sectors of the Infrastructure, Energy and Transportation markets
through three reporting segments: Composite Systems,
Automotive and Industrial and Pipeline and Pipe Services. The
Company operates through a global network of fixed and mobile
manufacturing and service facilities and is valued for its
integrity, technology and proven capability to execute.
This news release contains forward-looking
information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Words
such as "may", "will", "should", "anticipate", "plan", "expect",
"believe", "predict", "estimate" or similar terminology are used to
identify forward-looking information. This forward-looking
information is based on assumptions, estimates and analysis made in
the light of the Company's experience and its perception of trends,
current conditions and expected developments, as well as other
factors that are believed by the Company to be reasonable and
relevant in the circumstances. Forward-looking information involves
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may
cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially
different from those predicted, expressed or implied by the
forward-looking information. The forward-looking information is
provided as of the date of this news release and the Company does
not assume any obligation to update or revise the forward-looking
information to reflect new events or circumstances, except as
required by law.
For further information, please contact
Meghan MacEachernExternal Communications & ESG,
DirectorTelephone: 437.341.1848Email:
meghan.maceachern@shawcor.comwww.shawcor.comSource: Shawcor
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