ACL Airshop has announced the appointment of James W. Harris as chief financial officer. Harris has an extensive background in financial leadership, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, and enterprise management.

He began his career as a certified public accountant for over nine years with Price Waterhouse. He rose in management there, and leveraged his decade of public accounting and tax expertise to industry roles.

Amongst other career successes, Harris was chief financial officer of Forum Energy Technologies which he helped grow from $25 million revenues to $1.7 billion through organic growth and more than 20 acquisitions. Forum was initially backed by private equity, and Harris was a key leader in taking it public on the New York Stock Exchange

Steve Townes, CEO of ACL Airshop, said: “Jim Harris brings decades of sophisticated strengths in both finance and corporate leadership to our aggressively growing enterprise. He will be a key contributor to our high-performance culture and our financial disciplines. Accelerated growth requires solid financial structure, astute analytical support, and rigorous reporting rhythms.”