HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 5, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Worldwide industrial services company Harsco Corporation (NYSE:HSC) announced today that Paul O'Kelly has joined the Company's global leadership team to head the European region of the Company's Harsco Infrastructure business group.
Mr. O'Kelly will assume executive management responsibility for all Harsco Infrastructure group operations and business growth opportunities throughout the entire European region. He joins Harsco from his position as managing director of the Elliott Group, the UK market leader in the portable accommodations sector and before that served as president and CEO of a global industrial business group of Sterling Fluid Systems, a leading producer of engineered systems for the process industries. Mr. O'Kelly also served as Chief Financial Officer of Sterling for five years based in Zurich, Switzerland and as a managing director for two other Sterling divisions. He holds an MBA from Manchester (UK) Business School and a Masters Degree (Class I) from Oxford University.
"The European region remains a core component of Harsco's global footprint and a vital contributor to our recovery expectations from the Harsco Infrastructure business," said Harsco Chairman and CEO Salvatore D. Fazzolari. "Paul's appointment continues our strategic unification and global alignment of this business into a more streamlined, efficient, cost effective, disciplined and market-focused global platform with an increasing emphasis in the recurring industrial maintenance and infrastructure construction sectors."
Harsco Corporation is one of the world's leading diversified industrial services companies, serving key industries that play a fundamental role in worldwide economic growth, including infrastructure, metals, railways and energy. Harsco's common stock is a component of the S&P MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 1000 Index. Additional information can be found at www.harsco.com.
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