Forum Energy Technologies Inc. (NYSE: FET) has appointed Pablo G. Mercado to serve as senior vice president and CFO effective March 1, 2018.

James W. Harris, the current CFO, has been leading the drilling and subsea segment since September 2017 and will transition full-time to that operating role, serving as Forum’s executive vice president of drilling and subsea.

“[Pablo’s] leadership, experience, and excellent judgement will ensure a smooth transition into his new position as our CFO,” Prady Iyyanki, Forum’s president and CEO, said.

Pablo joined Forum in 2011 as vice president of corporate development and has held positions with increasing responsibility.

Most recently, he served as Forum’s senior vice president of finance and prior to that he was an investment banker in the oil and gas group of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.

Pablo holds a bachelor’s of business administration degree from the Cox School of Business,a bachelor’s of arts in economics from Dedman College at Southern Methodist University and a master’s of business administration degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.