Covanta announced the appointment of Gregg Kam as its new Chief Financial Officer. Gregg succeeds Brad Helgeson, who will be leaving the company on June 1 after a celebrated 15-year tenure. Brad was instrumental to the development of Covanta's operational and financial strategy and his contributions were central to many of the important and successful steps taken to create significant value for shareholders.

As Chief Financial Officer, Gregg will assume responsibility for leading all of Covanta's financial activities and its finance organization, including accounting and controllership, financial planning and analysis, tax, internal audit and treasury. He will report to President and Chief Executive Officer Azeez Mohammed, and act as a strategic partner to the Board of Directors and private equity sponsor to support the company's growth objectives through organic and inorganic activities. Gregg will serve as a key member of the senior management team and will be a leader in driving growth and transformation for the company.