By Colin Kellaher 
 

Ecolab Inc. (ECL) on Monday said Thomas Handley, president and chief operating officer, will retire later this year.

The St. Paul, Minn., water, hygiene and energy technologies company said Christophe Beck will succeed Mr. Handley as president and chief operating officer, effective April 1.

Mr. Beck, who joined Ecolab in 2007, is currently executive vice president and president of the company's global industrial group.

Ecolab said Mr. Handley, who joined the company in 2003 and has been president and chief operating officer since 2012, will lead the work on the company's planned spinoff of its energy-services upstream business until his retirement.

 

Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

March 18, 2019 09:00 ET (13:00 GMT)

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