Boart Longyear Limited announced that Mr. Miguel Desdin will be joining the company as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with an expected start of January 2019. Mr. Desdin served more than seven years as CFO and Senior Vice President of TPC Group, a two-billion dollar chemical company based in Houston, Texas. During his tenure, he helped transition and position the company to take advantage of the cyclical recovery during a downturn in commodity prices. This included serving as interim CEO during the latter part of 2015. Mr. Desdin's career has led him through several key executive and financial roles within the industrial chemicals and related industries including working for Furmanite Corporation, Celanese Corporation, Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, and AlliedSignal Inc. He earned his MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida.