Executive Appointment

ATLANTA – October 30, 2026 -- Southern Company (NYSE: SO) will place its entire generation fleet, including nuclear, under a single executive from January 1, 2027, as part of a leadership overhaul announced by Chairman, President and CEO Chris Womack.

Kim Greene takes system operations, enterprise strategy and the full generation fleet

Kim Greene, currently chairman, president and CEO of Georgia Power, becomes president of Southern Company Operations. She will oversee generation, system planning, safety, transmission operations and policy, commercial operations, research and development, environmental affairs and sustainability, shared services and systemwide power delivery strategy. She will also lead enterprise strategy.

STOCKHOLM – October 30, 2026 -- The Nomination Committee of Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (Sobi) proposes Börje Ekholm, who recently stepped down as CEO of Ericsson, as new Board member and Chair at the 2027 Annual General Meeting (AGM). He would succeed David Meek, who has told the committee he will not stand for re-election.

Meek stays on as Chair until May 2027

Meek has served on Sobi's Board and as Chair since December 2024 and will remain Chair for the rest of his term, which runs to May 2027. The committee credits his tenure with strong growth and shareholder return, wider patient access through new launches and indication extensions, and a stronger clinical development pipeline.

Osnabrück – October 30, 2026 -- Thorsten Schulze and Falk Lindemann will jointly run publisher BruneMettcker from Nov. 1, 2026, consolidating management of regional newspaper houses in Norden, Weener and Wilhelmshaven under one leadership pair, the NOZ/mh:n Group said.

Loerts-Sabin retires from operations at age 70

Helmut Loerts-Sabin, managing director of BruneMettcker in Wilhelmshaven, is stepping back from day-to-day business. The group describes the handover as a planned succession.

Schulze and Lindemann swap and extend their mandates

Schulze has been managing director of DK Medien, publisher of the Delmenhorster Kreisblatt, and of Ostfriesischer Kurier GmbH since 2021. He now also joins Lindemann as managing director of H. Risius Verlag GmbH & Co. KG in Weener, which publishes the Rheiderland-Zeitung.

Lindemann has led Risius Verlag since January 2026. He now also joins the management of Ostfriesischer Kurier GmbH.

Devon, Pa. – October 30, 2026 -- Recovery Centers of America (RCA) has appointed Kendall Keller, its Enterprise Director of Licensing and Regulatory, to the Joint Commission's Behavioral Health Care and Human Services Advisory Council for a two-year term running through summer 2028.

Keller oversees compliance across 17 RCA locations in 10 states

Keller brings 18 years of experience in healthcare quality, compliance and risk management. At RCA, she manages licensing, accreditation and regulatory compliance for all 17 locations in 10 states.

She also supports RCA's expansion by researching regulatory requirements for new ventures. She secures the licenses, accreditations and registrations needed to launch new programs, service lines and sites.

ST-BRUNO-DE-MONTARVILLE – October 30, 2026 -- The Master Group, Canada's largest HVAC-R distributor, has appointed Keith Strachan as Chief Commercial Officer, effective immediately, extending his remit from Canada to commercial strategy across Canada and the United States.

Strachan takes accountability for customer growth in two countries

Strachan, previously Canadian Operations President, will be accountable for customer growth and commercial effectiveness in both markets. He will also set the direction, governance, standards and capabilities for cross-border alignment while keeping the company responsive to local markets.

Austin – October 30, 2026 -- Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (NYSE: INN) has appointed Mike Nieves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and promoted Adam Wudel to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, both effective November 1, 2026.

Nieves moves from PENN Entertainment to run Summit's finance function

Nieves joins from PENN Entertainment, Inc., where he was Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer. He oversaw investor relations, capital markets, FP&A, treasury and risk management at the publicly traded gaming, entertainment and hospitality company.

Earlier, he was a Director in JLL's M&A and Corporate Advisory group, advising on dispositions, strategic transactions and capital raising in real estate. Before that, he was a Vice President in Citigroup's Real Estate and Lodging Investment Banking Group, and he started his career as a corporate lawyer at Willkie Farr & Gallagher.

HOUSTON – October 30, 2026 -- KLX Energy Services Holdings (NASDAQ: KLXE) has appointed investor Franklin S. Edmonds, Jr. and former Hi-Crush CEO E. Dirk Hallen as independent directors, replacing John Collins and Tom McCaffrey, who resigned from the board.

Both new directors will sit on the Nominating and Governance Committee. Edmonds also joins the Audit Committee, and Hallen joins the Compensation Committee.

KLX pairs a capital-allocation specialist with an oilfield-services operator

CEO Chris Baker said Edmonds' background in investments, capital allocation and governance and Hallen's oilfield services, operational and strategic experience would bring "complementary perspectives" as KLX executes its strategy. Baker credited the departing directors with guiding the company through the Covid era and what he called a "transformational capital rebalancing."

NEW YORK – October 30, 2026 -- Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK) has appointed founder and Chairman Jon Oringer as Chief Executive Officer and canceled its third-quarter 2026 earnings conference call, scheduled for November 5, while it evaluates its strategic direction and priorities.

Oringer returns as CEO six years after stepping down

Oringer founded Shutterstock in 2003 and served as CEO until 2020. He remains Chairman of the Board. In the CEO role, he will focus on long-term strategy, strategic investments and future opportunities. Both appointments took effect October 28.

Oringer said that AI is "fundamentally reshaping the creative industry" and that the pace of change is accelerating. He said he sees an opportunity to evolve the business and deliver more value to customers and contributors.

Amsterdam – October 29, 2026 -- Lapsi Health, the Dutch clinical AI company behind the Keikku platform, has appointed Fabia Tetteroo-Bueno, former Senior Vice President and General Manager of Philips Latin America, to its Board of Directors. She will guide Lapsi's strategy and partnerships as Keikku scales across the region.

First woman to lead Philips in Latin America joins the board

Born in Brazil, Tetteroo-Bueno built her career across three continents at Royal Philips. In 2020 she became head of Philips Latin America, the first woman to lead the company in the region, and steered its healthcare strategy through the COVID-19 pandemic. She later held senior global commercial roles, including Head of Global Sales for the Software business.

MIAMI BEACH – October 29, 2026 -- USA Sports Medicine has appointed Michael Holland, a healthcare finance executive with almost 30 years of experience, as President and Chief Financial Officer to steer capital strategy for its 25-location Florida network.

Holland will work alongside founder and CEO Dr. Matthew Cooper and VP Kevin Mills. His remit covers financial strategy, infrastructure, strategic partnerships and entry into new markets.

Palm Beach County adds five clinics in 2026

The Miami-based operator opened five locations in Palm Beach County this year. Holland said the sites are already exceptionally busy. The company also runs clinics inside private clubs, luxury residential communities and fitness destinations across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Cooper described the mandate as ensuring the business behind the brand is built to grow for decades.