Energy Recovery, Inc. announced Mr. David Moon, a current member of the Energy Recovery Board of Directors, has been appointed interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Bob Mao will remain a member of the Board. A comprehensive search process to identify a permanent President and Chief Executive Officer, which includes internal and external candidates, has been underway with the assistance of a leading executive search firm.

Mr. Moon joined Energy Recovery?s Board of Directors in July 2023 and brings with him a wealth of senior leadership experience developing and commercializing technologies with a focus in the heating and cooling industry. Mr. Moon previously served as President of Carrier Commercial Refrigeration (CCR), a division of Carrier Global Corporation. CCR is a leading supplier of high-efficiency CO2 turnkey refrigeration systems and services to the food retail, processing, and storage segments and pharmaceutical segment in EMEA and Asia.

Prior to that, Mr. Moon worked as an Advisor for Ares Management LLC on the acquisition of CoolSys and joined the CoolSys Board of Directors post-acquisition. Mr. Moon was President and Chief Operating Officer of Heatcraft Worldwide Refrigeration, a division of Lennox International, Inc., from 2006 to 2017. Heatcraft was the global OEM leader in commercial refrigeration equipment.

Mr. Moon joined Lennox International, Inc. in 1998 holding various management positions in the United States, Singapore, and Australia. Mr. Moon also previously served as various management positions at Allied Signal, Inc., Case Corporation, and Tenneco Oil Company in the United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Germany. Mr. Moon also served on the Board of Directors of American Woodmark Corporation from 2015 to 2020.