Emerson announced the appointment of its first chief sustainability officer. Mike Train, who has served as president since 2018 and a member of Emerson's Office of the Chief Executive (OCE) since 2016, will step down as president to take on this new and important role for Emerson. Emerson also announced the promotion of Lisa Flavin, who currently serves as vice president and chief compliance officer, to senior vice president and chief compliance officer. Flavin will also join Emerson's OCE. Emerson Chief Executive Officer Lal Karsanbhai has been named president. In his new role as senior vice president and chief sustainability officer, Train will lead the company's environmental sustainability strategy. He will focus on advancing technologies and advocacy to enhance company operations and enable customer improvements through Emerson's solutions and partnerships. Train currently serves as chairman of the board of trustees at Ranken Technical College and on Cornell University's Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management Advisory Council. Flavin joined Emerson in 1998 as director of internal audit. She was promoted to auditor general in February 2000, before being appointed vice president of audit in October 2000. She became chief compliance officer in 2011. In this role, she oversees Emerson's audit, enterprise risk management, government relations and compliance functions and has responsibility to ensure Emerson maintains its disciplined approach to evaluating and improving its systems of internal control, financial reporting and compliance processes. Flavin serves on the board of directors and is chair of the audit committee of Caleres Inc. and BJC Healthcare. She is also on the board of directors of the United States Chamber of Commerce, served on the Professional Accounting Advisory Board at Washington University in St. Louis and is on the executive committee of The Conference Board's Council of Chief Audit Executives.