Covia announced that Richard Navarre, Covia’s Chief Executive Officer and President, has elected to retire effective May 31, 2021. Covia also announced that Shawn Williams, Chairman of the Board, will take on the additional role of Acting Chief Executive Officer and that Andrew Eich has been promoted to the position of President, where he will lead and execute their strategies for growth in the Industrial and Energy segments. Mr. Eich will also maintain his role as Chief Financial Officer until a replacement is named. Mr. Williams served, most recently, as the CEO of Nexeo Plastics, a portfolio company of One Rock, from 2019 to 2020. Prior to his role as CEO, he was Executive Vice President – Plastics for Nexeo Solutions from 2012 to 2019 where he led a global team managing $2 billion of revenue as a plastics value-added distributor. Prior to Nexeo, Mr. Williams served as President – Momentive Global Sealants for Momentive Performance Materials. Prior to Momentive, he had a 22-year career with GE serving in a variety of business unit and commercial leadership roles. Mr. Williams is an Independent Director for Tetra Technologies Inc. Mr. Eich has been with Covia and its predecessor companies since 2012, serving most recently as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Covia since 2018. Mr. Eich has also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, and as a member of the Board of Directors, of Unimin (a predecessor company to Covia). Previously, he held a variety of roles in corporate finance, M&A, investor relations and accounting at Aetos Capital and KPMG LLP. The changes announced will be effective June 1, 2021.