Flowserve announced the hiring of Lee Eckert as senior vice president and CFO effective 9 October. Eckert has more than two decades of financial experience. He previously spent 2 years as senior vice president and CFO of CHC Group, a commercial helicopter provider to the offshore oil and gas industry. Before that, he was CFO of the US division of National Grid and served in various executive capacities as MeadWestvaco.