NORTH AMERICA
PureStar, reputedly North America's leading provider of laundry services and laundry management to the hospitality industry with locations in the United States, Mexico and the Bahamas, has a new board member.
The Company announced the appointment of Brian Herington as CEO and Board of Directors effective September 22nd. Herington has more than 30 years of industrial and commercial experience leading complex, technology-driven companies on a regional and global level. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Univar Solutions, a publicly traded global distributor of chemicals and ingredients, after Univar acquired Nexeo Solutions, where Herington served as Executive Vice President of Chemicals from 2016 to 2019.
Previously, Herington was Regional Director Americas at ABB and President at Thomas & Betts. Prior to that, he held various positions of increasing responsibility in the United States, Latin America, and Europe at General Electric, SABIC, a Sun Capital portfolio company, and AmocoChemical for more than 20 years. He has a B.S. from Illinois State University and an MBA from Ashford University.
"Brian is a proven transformative leader and we are confident that he is ideally suited to grow the PureStar brand, work with key suppliers, and position the company for future success," said Henry Cornell, Founder and Senior Partner at Cornell Capital. "We look forward to working closely with him and the PureStar leadership team and board to drive operational excellence, financial outperformance and long-term value creation."
"I am honored and excited to lead PureStar, which continues to deliver to customers throughout the Covid-19 pandemic," said Herington.
“As the only national provider of laundry management services for the hotel industry, the company has enormous potential to accelerate growth and profitability. In cooperation with Cornell Capital, the management and our hardworking employees, I would definitely like to build on our highly scalable customer benefits, use our presence in North America and implement our growth strategy. "
