NOW Inc. Announces Appointment of Paul M. Coppinger to the Board of Directors
December 28 2017 - 6:45AM
Business Wire
NOW Inc. (NYSE:DNOW) announced today that Paul M. Coppinger has
been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors effective
December 27, 2017. Mr. Coppinger fills a vacancy on the Board, and
his term will expire at the 2020 annual meeting.
Mr. Coppinger has over 33 years of experience in the petroleum
equipment and service, process equipment and flow control
businesses, as well as experience in the industrial markets and
manufacturing, and has held various positions of increasing
responsibility, including managing domestic and international
operations. Mr. Coppinger has served as Division President of Weir
Oil & Gas, which is part of Weir Group PLC, a publicly traded
company listed on the London Stock Exchange, since 2014. From 2012
to 2014, Mr. Coppinger served as President, Pressure Pumping, for
the Weir Group, and from 2011 to 2012 as President Weir SPM. Prior
to that, Mr. Coppinger was Group President of the Energy Segment of
CIRCOR International, Inc. from 2001 to 2011. Mr. Coppinger
received a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from Texas
Tech University in 1984. Mr. Coppinger has served on the board of
directors of Petroleum Equipment & Services Association (PESA)
since 2007.
Robert Workman, NOW Inc.’s President and Chief Executive
Officer, said “We are extremely pleased to welcome Paul Coppinger
to the NOW Inc. Board of Directors. Paul brings a wealth of
operational and strategic planning experience from his long career
in manufacturing and distribution. I know that each division of
DistributionNOW, including industrial, downstream, completions and
process solutions, will benefit from his outstanding record of
industry experience and accomplishment.”
Mr. Coppinger has been appointed to the Nominating/Corporate
Governance and Compensation Committees of NOW Inc.'s Board of
Directors.
With the appointment of Mr. Coppinger, the Company’s Board of
Directors is now comprised of nine Directors, eight of whom are
external and independent including the Chairman of the Board of
Directors.
NOW Inc. is one of the largest distributors to energy and
industrial markets on a worldwide basis, with a legacy of over 150
years. NOW Inc. operates primarily under the DistributionNOW and
Wilson Export brands. Through its network of approximately 300
locations and 4,600 employees worldwide, NOW Inc. offers a
comprehensive line of products and solutions for the upstream,
midstream and downstream energy and industrial sectors. Our
locations provide products and solutions to exploration and
production companies, energy transportation companies, refineries,
chemical companies, utilities, manufacturers and engineering and
construction companies.
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