NEW YORK, NY – June 10, 2025 – ABM (NYSE: ABM), a leading provider of facility solutions, today announced the promotion of David Orr, a long-tenured executive of ABM who most recently served as Senior Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis, to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Orr succeeds Earl Ellis, who has served as CFO since November 2020.
“David’s appointment as CFO reflects the strength of the talent we’ve cultivated across ABM,” said Scott Salmirs, President and Chief Executive Officer of ABM. “He has a deep understanding of our industry and our business, strong financial acumen, and a steadfast commitment to our culture of operational excellence. We are excited for David to bring these strengths to the CFO role as we work to accelerate our growth and transformation. I also want to thank Earl for his many contributions over the past several years and wish him continued success.”
“I am honored to be named CFO and am deeply appreciative of the opportunity to continue serving ABM in this new role,” said Orr. “I’m passionate about this business and look forward to partnering with our teams to build on our strong foundation, drive growth and value creation, and advance our strategic priorities with financial discipline and operational excellence.”
Throughout his career at ABM, Orr has held leadership roles across finance, strategy, and operations. As Senior Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis since 2015, he led enterprise-wide forecasting, budgeting, and strategic financial planning. In this role, he significantly enhanced company-wide reporting and performance measurement capabilities and has been instrumental in developing and implementing recent enhancements to ABM’s transformation processes.
Orr began his career with ABM in 2001 in its lighting services division, where he held critical operating roles across the Southeast region gaining deep insight into the needs of ABM’s field and client operations, before being promoted to Vice President of Finance and Administration. From 2008 to 2015, he was Vice President, Strategic Solutions, where he partnered closely with operations to align financial strategy with growth initiatives. Orr holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MBA from the Belk College of Business at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.