FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- AZZ Inc.
(NYSE:AZZ), a global provider of galvanizing services,
welding solutions, specialty electrical equipment and highly
engineered services, today announced the appointment of Mr.
Ed McGough, age 56, to serve as a
new member of AZZ's Board of Directors. Mr. McGough will serve as a
director until he stands for election at AZZ's next annual
shareholders meeting in 2017.
Mr. McGough has served as the Senior Vice President of Global
Manufacturing and Technical Operations at Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
("Alcon"), a division of Novartis AG, since 2008. Mr. McGough
joined Alcon in 1991 as a Manager of Quality Assurance and
Regulatory Affairs in Alcon's Pennsylvania facility. He has held
various other leadership positions at Alcon in both Fort
Worth,Texas and Puerto Rico,
including: Director of Quality Assurance, Director of Operations,
Director of Manufacturing, and Vice President and General Manager
of Manufacturing in both Fort
Worth and Houston,
Texas. Prior to these roles, he served as Vice President,
Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Operations, responsible for Alcon's
pharmaceutical plants in the United
States, Brazil,
Mexico, Spain, Belgium and France. Prior to joining Alcon, Mr. McGough
served in various quality engineering and management roles with
Baxter Healthcare Corporation. Mr. McGough earned a Bachelor of
Science in industrial engineering from Louisiana Tech University and is also a graduate of
the Stanford Executive Program.
Mr. Kevern Joyce, Chairman of
AZZ's Board of Directors, said, "We are pleased Ed McGough has agreed to join AZZ's Board of
Directors. Ed has built a distinguished career holding leadership
positions in quality assurance, global manufacturing, supply chain,
distribution network and customer service operations. His
international expertise will add additional depth to the Board's
broad scope of professional backgrounds."
Mr. Joyce further noted, "Over the past few years we have
implemented several Board succession initiatives, and the addition
of Ed McGough is yet another step in
our continuing strategic Board refreshing process."
AZZ Inc. is a global provider of galvanizing services, welding
solutions, specialty electrical equipment and highly engineered
services to the markets of power generation, transmission,
distribution and industrial in protecting metal and electrical
systems used to build and enhance the world's infrastructure. AZZ
Galvanizing is a leading provider of metal finishing solutions for
corrosion protection, including hot dip galvanizing to the North
American steel fabrication industry. AZZ Energy is dedicated to
delivering safe and reliable transmission of power from generation
sources to end customers, and automated weld overlay solutions for
corrosion and erosion mitigation to critical infrastructure in the
energy markets worldwide.
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Paul Fehlman, Senior
Vice President - Finance and CFO
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AZZ Inc.
817-810-0095
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Internet:
www.azz.com
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Lytham Partners
602-889-9700
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Joe Dorame, Robert
Blum or Joe Diaz
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Internet:
www.lythampartners.com
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