On May 15, 2018, DXP Enterprises, Inc. announced that on May 10, 2018 Eugene (Gene) Padgett had been appointed as the company's new Chief Accounting Officer, effective May 21, 2018. Mr. Padgett is a certified public accountant and has over 20 years of experience in accounting within a public company environment. Gene replaces Mac McConnell, who retired on March 31, 2018. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Padgett, spent ten years with Spectra Energy in several positions with increasing responsibility including General Manager of U.S. and Canadian Tax, Director of U.S. Operations Accounting and General Manager Corporate Accounting. Prior to Spectra Energy, he spent seven years with Duke Energy in various roles covering Corporate Accounting, Accounting Research and Policy and working as a divisional controller. Mr. Padgett started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.