Nephros, Inc. announced that Andy Astor, President and Chief Executive Officer, will retire in the coming months, and that Robert Banks will be named President and Chief Executive Officer effective on the first business day after the filing of Nephros' Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. Mr. Banks is also expected to be appointed to the Nephros Board of Directors. Andy Astor will remain with Nephros as an advisor to Mr. Banks and as interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO), while a search is conducted for a permanent CFO.
As part of the transition, Mr. Astor will step down from the board of directors. Mr. Banks has a proven track record of delivering value through innovation and aligning the strengths of his organizations with customer needs to drive profitable growth. He spent nearly 20 years at GE, where he held a variety of commercial and engineering roles with small- and medium-sized business units.
After GE, he was Executive Director of Product Management at ITT Corporation, where he was responsible for sales and marketing of a leading commercial pump portfolio. Most recently, Mr. Banks was Vice President of Global Strategic Accounts at Danfoss Power Solutions.
Nephros, Inc. is a water technology company providing filtration solutions to the medical and commercial markets. The Company provides water filtration products and services, along with water-quality education. It operates through the Water Filtration segment. In the medical markets, it sells water filtration products. In the commercial markets, it manufactures and sells water filters that improve the taste and odor of water and reduce biofilm, bacteria, and scale build-up in downstream equipment. Its products are marketed primarily to the food service, hospitality, convenience store, and health care markets. These commercial products are also marketed into medical markets, as supplemental filtration to its medical filters. The Companyâs filters are primarily used in hospitals for the prevention of infection from waterborne pathogens, such as legionella and pseudomonas, and in dialysis centers for the removal of biological contaminants from water and bicarbonate concentrate.
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