Harsco Appoints Jeswant Gill to Lead Its Rail Business
October 19 2016 - 10:57AM
Harsco Corporation (NYSE:HSC) announced today the appointment of
Jeswant Gill as President of its worldwide Harsco Rail business,
effective November 1, 2016.
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Mr. Gill joins Harsco with 30 years of global leadership
experience in major multinational manufacturing and technology
firms. He led Kennametal’s $1.3 billion Industrial Segment as
Executive Vice President, where he delivered strong revenue growth
and margin expansion in emerging markets. Before that, Mr.
Gill served as Vice President, Global Services for the Industrial
Technologies Sector of Ingersoll Rand, where he successfully
developed and launched offerings to address the equipment/systems
life cycle needs of customers. He previously served as
President of Ingersoll Rand’s Security Technologies business in the
Asia-Pacific region. He also has held leadership positions in
Asia and North America with Invensys PLC and Johnson Controls
Inc. Mr. Gill comes to Harsco from The Arcadia Group
International, where he served as Managing Director for its Global
Solutions group since 2015, providing business advisory and
strategic planning services to multinational clients.
Mr. Gill earned both a Bachelor of Science in Engineering
Physics and Master of Business Administration at Queen's University
in Kingston, Ontario. He will be based at Harsco Rail’s
division headquarters in Columbia, South Carolina.
“Jeswant is an inclusive, collaborative leader who has built and
led high-performance global teams and driven significant business
growth across the Americas, Europe and Asia,” said Harsco President
and CEO Nick Grasberger. “His leadership accomplishments fit
perfectly with our aspirations for the Harsco Rail business.”
Harsco Rail is one of the world’s leaders in railway track
maintenance and construction, serving more than 125 major railway
customers throughout the world. Its Protran Technology group
also provides innovative safety technologies to the urban transit
and railway safety sectors. Harsco Rail operates from nine
main locations in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany,
India, Brazil, China and Australia.
About HarscoHarsco Corporation serves key
industries that are fundamental to worldwide economic development,
including steel and metals production, railways and energy.
Harsco’s common stock is a component of the S&P SmallCap
600 Index and the Russell 2000 Index. Additional information
can be found at www.harsco.com.
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717.612.5628
damartin@harsco.com
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