AZZ Inc. Announces Departure of Paul W. Fehlman and Appoints Philip Schlom as Interim Chief Financial Officer

FORT WORTH, Texas, May 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AZZ Inc. AZZ, a global provider of metal coating services, welding solutions, specialty electrical equipment and highly engineered services, today announced that Paul W. Fehlman, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Company on May 31, 2020 to pursue other business opportunities.  The Company has appointed Philip Schlom, the Company's Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, to assume the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer. The Company plans to conduct a comprehensive search to find a permanent Chief Financial Officer.

Tom Ferguson, Chief Executive Officer of AZZ, said, "On behalf of the Board and management team, I would like to express our appreciation  to Paul Fehlman for his leadership, financial expertise and cash management efforts during his six year tenure with AZZ. We wish him the best in his future endeavors. We are pleased to have Philip Schlom, our current Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, step in as interim Chief Financial Officer as we navigate changes to the finance team and hiring a permanent CFO."

Mr. Schlom, 55, is a highly experienced financial executive having served at major publicly-traded companies including Exterran Corporation, a provider of energy equipment and services to energy customers globally, and Parker Drilling Company, which provides drilling services and rental tools to the energy industry. Mr. Schlom has also held numerous accounting and leadership roles at Shared Technologies, Inc., a leading North American unified communications and managed services provider; Flowserve Corporation, one of the world's leading providers of fluid motion and control products and services; and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), a global network of firms that provide audit, assurance, tax, and advisory services.

About AZZ Inc.

AZZ Inc. is a global provider of metal coating solutions, welding solutions, specialty electrical equipment and highly engineered services to the power generation, transmission, distribution and industrial markets. AZZ Metal Coatings 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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