Flowserve Corp. announced that its board of directors has selected Lewis Kling as president, CEO, and a member of the board of directors, effective Aug. 1.
Kling, 60, had been serving as chief operating officer at Flowserve and succeeds Interim-Chairman, President and CEO Kevin Sheehan, who was appointed by the board in April. Sheehan, 60, a director since 1990, was named non-executive chairman of the board. The company said it does not currently plan to name a successor to Kling in the COO role.