Kennametal Inc. announced that Sanjay Chowbey, currently Vice President, Kennametal Inc. and President, Metal Cutting Segment, will succeed Christopher Rossi as President & CEO. Rossi has decided to retire from the company after nearly seven years as CEO, effective May 31, 2024. Chowbey was unanimously appointed by the Board of Directors as Rossi's successor, effective June 1, 2024. Rossi will continue to serve on the company's Board of Directors until his retirement, at which time Chowbey will join the Board. Rossi and Chowbey will work together to ensure a seamless transition. Chowbey joined Kennametal in 2021 as President of the Metal Cutting segment. Under his leadership the business has grown its customer base, consistently delivered sales growth, expanded its operating margins, launched more than 20 new products and improved employee engagement. The Company has launched a search for Chowbey's Metal Cutting successor, considering both internal and external candidates. Chowbey will also continue in his current role during this transition period until he officially steps into the CEO role. Sanjay Chowbey joined Kennametal in 2021 as Vice President of Kennametal Inc. and President of the Company's Metal Cutting segment.
Chowbey has global responsibility for the Metal Cutting segment. In this role he is accountable for all aspects of the business, including advancing the strategy, driving operational excellence and delivering profitable growth for the segment. He has more than 20 years of experience at various industrial companies, including Flowserve Corporation, Danaher and Arvin Meritor Inc. Chowbey brings deep global and cross-functional perspective having held various President and General Manager roles, with responsibility for strategy, operations, sales, marketing and finance. In his most recent role before Kennametal, he was President of the $1.2 billion Services & Solutions business at Flowserve. Chowbey earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Tennessee Tech University and Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from B.I.T. in Sindri, India.
Kennametal Inc. is an industrial technology company, which serves customers across the aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation end markets. The Company's segments include Metal Cutting and Infrastructure. The Metal Cutting segment develops and manufactures tooling and metal cutting products and services and offers an assortment of standard and custom metal cutting solutions to diverse end markets. The Metal Cutting segment offers products, including milling, hole making, turning, threading and toolmaking systems used in the manufacture of airframes, aero engines, trucks and automobiles, ships and various types of industrial equipment. The Infrastructure segment produces engineered tungsten carbide and ceramic components, earth-cutting tools, and advanced metallurgical powders, for the aerospace and defense, energy, earthworks and general engineering end markets. The Infrastructure segment markets its products under the Kennametal brand.
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