Reworld, a waste management services company based in Florham Park, has appointed Howard Lance president and chief executive officer, effective immediately.
Lance has served as chairman of the company’s Board of Directors since 2021, when funds managed by EQT Group acquired the former public company Covanta. He succeeds Azeez Mohammed, who will serve as senior advisor to Reworld and as an industrial advisor to EQT to support the transition.
As board chairman, Lance has helped guide the company through a period of transformation, including its 2024 rebranding from Covanta to Reworld and its expanded focus on helping profiled waste customers achieve their sustainability and zero-waste-to-landfill goals.
“Howard is a proven leader of global industrial and technology companies, and he has been instrumental in shaping the strategy at Reworld since our partnership began,” said Alex Darden, partner and head of infrastructure for the Americas at EQT. “We are confident his leadership will accelerate the company’s next chapter of growth.”
Since 2021, Lance has served as a senior advisor to EQT Group, where he chairs the boards of Reworld, Arcwood Environmental and Voltera Power. From 2016 to 2019, he was president and CEO of Maxar Technologies. From 2012 to 2016, he was an executive advisor to the Blackstone Group, serving as board chair of Summit Materials, which went public in 2015, and Change Healthcare, which went public in 2019.
From 2003 to 2011, Lance was chairman, president and CEO of Harris Corp. (now L3Harris Technologies). He previously served as co-president of NCR Corp. and chief operating officer of its retail and financial group. He also spent 17 years at Emerson Electric Co., rising to executive vice president leading its electronics and telecommunications segment.
Lance earned a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from Bradley University and a Master of Science in management from the Daniels School of Business at Purdue University.
