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Grundfos Holding’s Board of Directors has appointed Group Executive Vice President Poul Due Jensen as the new CEO of Grundfos.

Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG announced that Ms. Nathalie Benedikt, member of the Management Board and Chief Financial Officer at Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG, has ended her work at the Company by mutual consent with the Supervisory Board, effective September 30, 2020.

Atlas Copco has appointed Peter Kinnart Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and member of Atlas Copco’s Group Management. Peter Kinnart will assume his new role in July 2021

To help protect the health and safety of wastewater operators during the coronavirus pandemic and into the future, Xylem has provided foundational funding to the Water Environment Federation (WEF) to create the new position of Chief Medical Officer. The first scientist to fill the post is Dr. Andrew Sanderson of Howard University.

Mads Nipper has accepted an offer to become CEO of the energy company Ørsted and will step down as CEO of Grundfos at the end of 2020.

In this position, she will report to Stefan Klebert, CEO GEA Group, succeeding Nicole Pichin, who left the company at the end of July 2020.

Flowserve Corporation announced that Tamara Morytko will join the company as president of the Flowserve Pumps Division, beginning Monday, September 14.

The Düsseldorf Local Court has appointed Professor Annette G. Köhler (53) to the Supervisory Board of GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft effective October 1, 2020.

Hans Ola Meyer, Atlas Copco’s Senior Vice President Controlling and Finance and CFO, has decided to retire. He will stay on until end of July 2021.

Flowserve Corporation announced that its board of directors has elected Carlyn Taylor as an independent director and a member of the Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee of the board.