Filtration Group appoints new CFO

Filtration Group has appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO) who will focus on optimizing operations while pursuing strategic growth opportunities.

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Peter Clifford brings nearly 30 years of financial and operational leadership to the role and will be instrumental in the successful implementation of the company's strategic plans.

Clifford joins Filtration Group from The AZEK Company, a US$1.5 billion manufacturer of sustainable outdoor living products, where he served as CFO and chief operating officer. Prior to AZEK, Clifford held executive leadership roles at publicly traded Cantel Medical Corp, where he served as president and COO from 2019 to 2021 and as CFO from 2015 to 2019. During that time, he led the company through transformative growth and a successful acquisition by STERIS.

Before AZEK and Cantel Medical, Clifford spent nine years at IDEX Corporation as Divisional CFO for multiple billion-dollar segments, and six years at GE's Consumer & Industrial Group.

"Peter is exactly the financial leader we need as we enter Filtration Group's next chapter," said Jon Pratt, president & CEO of Filtration Group. "He lives and breathes strategy. He is more than a CFO; his track record of driving both operational excellence and strategic M&A, combined with his experience scaling global industrial businesses, makes him the ideal leader to round out our executive team."

"The potential at Filtration Group is extraordinary," said Clifford. "I'm excited to join an entrepreneurially minded organization at such a pivotal point in its story, to help accelerate growth and build a truly remarkable business that makes a positive impact on the world around us."