ABM Industries Incorporated announced that its board of directors has named executive vice president Scott Salmirs to succeed current president and chief executive officer Henrik Slipsager, effective March 31, 2015. Salmirs has been appointed to the ABM board of directors effective immediately. While Slipsager has agreed to stay on in a consulting role with ABM following the transition through September 30, 2015, his term on the board will end on March 4, 2015 at the company's annual meeting of shareholders.

Salmirs joined the company in 2003 and currently serves as executive vice president of ABM. Prior to ABM, Salmirs was a senior vice president at Lehman Brothers.