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Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. Announces the Appointment of Nancy Zakhour and Saleh Sagr to its Board of Directors
THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPIH), a global leader in pre-insulated piping and leak detection
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[{"type":"text","content":" THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nPerma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPIH), a global leader in pre-insulated piping and leak detection systems, today announced the appointment of Nancy Zakhour and Saleh Sagr to its Board of Directors, effective April 8, 2026. Ms. Zakhour will serve as an independent director and a member of the Board’s Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. Mr. Sagr will serve as a director.\n\n\nMs. Zakhour is a dynamic energy executive with experience in renewable energy, oil and gas, and investment banking, bringing a uniquely integrated perspective on the evolving global energy landscape. She currently serves as Chief Commercial Officer at Clean Energy Services, where she leads corporate strategy and commercial execution across battery storage and solar initiatives. In addition, she is a Venture Partner at Ascent Energy Ventures and an MBA Lecturer at Rice University.\n\n\nPrior to her current roles, Ms. Zakhour served as an Investment Banker in the Energy & Power group at Piper Sandler, advising clients on complex financial and strategic transactions. Earlier, she held leadership roles at Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (1PointFive), where she advanced commercial deployment of Direct Air Capture (DAC) and Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) projects across the United States. She also served as Well Design Lead for Occidental Petroleum’s Permian Delaware division, managing multidisciplinary teams responsible for drilling, completion and production engineering across more than one million acres.\n\n\nMs. Zakhour began her career with Schlumberger, gaining extensive technical and international field experience across North America, Asia, North Africa and Russia. She later held engineering and advisory roles at Callon Petroleum, further strengthening her operational and strategic capabilities.\n\n\nShe holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the American University of Beirut and an MBA from Rice University. She is the recipient of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Regional Completions Optimization and Technology Award and Hart Energy’s 40 Under Forty Award and has authored numerous technical publications.\n\n\n“We are pleased to welcome Nancy to our Board,” said Jon Biro, Chairman of the Board. “Her deep techni...