Clean Harbors, Inc. announced the appointment of Michael L. Battles as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), as part of a planned transition. Mr. Battles has served as the company's Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since 2013. James M. Rutledge, the company's CFO since 2005, will remain in his role as Vice Chairman and President.

Prior to Clean Harbors, Mike spent 12 years in a variety of senior financial positions at PerkinElmer Inc. Most recently, he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PerkinElmer's Human Health business. In conjunction with the CFO announcement, the company named Eric J. Dugas as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Eric began his career at Clean Harbors in early 2014 as the Director of External Reporting and Technical Accounting, where he was responsible for the Company's financial statements filed with the SEC, the development of technical accounting processes and policies, aiding in the strengthening of internal controls, and finance support for recent acquisitions and the planned carve-out.