Lancer Shifts Leadership

Scott Adams, executive vice president of Lancer Worldwide, will step into the role of global president on an acting basis, following the departure of E J Morrow on November 30.

Adams has worked closely with Morrow in matters related to strategic product innovation and delivering a stronger organization for the post-pandemic era, Lancer reported in the statement announcing the leadership shift. The San Antonio-based beverage dispensing company will soon announce the successor to Morrow.

In other company news, Marc Phillis, managing director of EMEA, will assume leadership of global sales and continue in his current duties and Brad Davis, director of applied technologies, will lead the product management group. John Hawkins, vice president of sustaining excellence, will take on overall leadership for the engineering team. Ed Lilley, vice president of operations, will hold a supervise role for all Latin American and Mexico business units. And Laurie Boxwell, managing director of the Australian/New Zealand businesses, will assume a leadership role in the Asian market.