Heritage-Crystal Clean founder to retire

ELGIN - Heritage-Crystal Clean Founder, President and CEO Joe Chalhoub announced he will retire effective Jan. 31, 2017.

Chalhoub will be succeeded by Brian Recatto, who has served Heritage-Crystal Clean as a director for the past four years and was named lead director earlier this year.

"It has been an exciting journey since Heritage Crystal Clean was formed in 1999," Chalhoub said. "I am very proud of the company we've created and the results that we've produced over the past 17 years."

With almost 30 years of experience in the environmental services industry, Recatto has served, since 2014, as President U.S. Operations for Gibson Energy, one of the largest independent midstream energy companies in Canada and a major U.S. crude oil logistics operator. Recatto joined Gibsons through its acquisition of OMNI Energy Services, where he had served in various executive positions since 2007, including vice president and chief operating officer, and president and chief executive officer. Mr. Recatto was President from 2004 to 2007 of Charles Holston, a waste management and environmental cleaning company, which OMNI acquired. He served in various operating and executive positions from 1997 to 2004 with Philip Services, an environmental and industrial services company.

Recatto holds a bachelor's degree in finance from Louisiana State University.

"Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc., has been building a world class customer-focused environmental solutions business since its inception," Recatto said. "For the past four years I have been privileged to serve on the board and observe the company's quality culture and operations."