VARIAX - Key Persons

Alastair Irvine - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Alastair was appointed Chief Financial Officer for Howden in 2018 and has held a variety of financial leadership roles within the global business since joining Howden in 2008. He is responsible for the finance function, including tax treasury and investor relation, Information Systems and Shared Services.

Amit Bhargava

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • in 2020 As Vice President of Strategy and Business Development
  • Vice President of Strategy and Business Development
Amit joined Howden in 2020 as Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. He is responsible for mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy, and strategy execution processes across the enterprise.

Camille Levy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • in 2021 As President Asia Pacific
  • President Asia Pacific
Camille joined Howden in 2021 as President Asia Pacific. She is responsible for driving profitable growth in the region and leads Howden's strategy for Emerging Technologies, overseeing partnerships aligned to fast-growing market segments such as Carbon Capture Usage and Sequestration (CCUS), Nuclear and Biofuels. She is passionate about diversity and inclusion and has been mentoring women in industrial organisations across Europe, India and South-East Asia for over 10 years. Camille joined Howden in 2021 as President of Howden, Asia Pacific.

Eric Vemer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • in 2018 As President
  • President Africa
Eric joined Howden in 2018 as President, Howden Africa. He is responsible for leading the development of Howden's global renewable Hydrogen strategy, as well as other key growth markets regionally, such as mining.

Feilim Coyle

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Vice President of Global Aftermarket

Fred Hearle

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • in 2013 As Managing Director and Leader of the Global Product
  • President EMENA
Fred joined Howden in 2013 as Managing Director and Leader of the Global Product business. Progressing in 2020 to President of EMENA region.

Harold Lang

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • President China
  • President of Howden China
Harold Lang joined Howden in 2021 President of Howden China. He is responsible for profitable growth within key markets for China.

Howden Hua

Job Titles:
  • Engineering Co

Jen Robertson - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Senior Legal Counsel
General Counsel Jen Robertson joined Howden as Senior Legal Counsel in 2015 and is now General Counsel for the Global Business.

Mark Sanders

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • President Americas
  • President of Howden Americas
President Americas Mark Sanders joined Howden and became the President of Howden Americas in 2016.

Massimo Bizzi - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • President for the Compressors Division
Chief Operating Officer Massimo Bizzi joined Howden in 2018 as President for the Compressors Division before progressing to Chief Operating Officer and President of the Global Product Group in 2020.

Ross B. Shuster - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Chief Executive Officer Ross joined Howden in October 2019 as the Chief Executive Officer upon the acquisition of Howden by Private Equity firm KPS Capital Partners.

Stuart Dalgleish - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Human Resources Officer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Stuart was appointed Chief Human Resources Officer for Howden in September 2020. He is responsible for the delivery of Howden's global People Strategy.