Perma-Pipe appoints Nancy Zakhour and CEO Saleh Sagr to board

Perma-Pipe International Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PPIH) announced the appointment of Nancy Zakhour and Saleh Sagr to its Board of Directors, effective April 8, 2026.

Zakhour will serve as an independent director and member of the Board's Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. She currently serves as Chief Commercial Officer at Clean Energy Services, where she leads corporate strategy and commercial execution for battery storage and solar initiatives. She also works as a Venture Partner at Ascent Energy Ventures and as an MBA Lecturer at Rice University.

Her previous experience includes serving as an Investment Banker in the Energy & Power group at Piper Sandler and holding leadership roles at Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, where she worked on Direct Air Capture and Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage projects. She also served as Well Design Lead for Occidental Petroleum's Permian Delaware division and began her career with Schlumberger.

Zakhour holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the American University of Beirut and an MBA from Rice University.

Sagr, the company's President and Chief Executive Officer, was also appointed to serve as a board member effective immediately. As an executive officer, he is not considered an independent director under Nasdaq standards and will not serve on any standing committees.

The 56-year-old Sagr has served as President and CEO since June 7, 2025, after joining Perma-Pipe in 2019. He has more than 30 years of experience in pipeline coating, industrial manufacturing, and international operations, having previously overseen operations across the Middle East, India, and Egypt.

Perma-Pipe International Holdings manufactures pre-insulated piping and leak detection systems.

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