Leslie Kass

Biography

Leslie Kass is Senior Vice President, Industrial, for Babcock & Wilcox (B&W), a leader in energy and environmental products and services for power and industrial markets worldwide. Named to this position in May 2017, Kass leads B&W’s Industrial segment, including its B&W SPIG, B&W MEGTEC and B&W Universal subsidiaries, and its Industrial Steam Generation group. B&W’s Industrial segment provides custom-engineered technologies for cooling, environmental, noise abatement and industrial steam generation applications, as well as related aftermarket services. Previously, Kass was Vice President of Retrofits and Continuous Emissions Monitoring for B&W’s Power segment, leading the company’s global retrofits business and working closely with customers to develop solutions for their steam generation and environmental needs. Before that, she held positions as Vice President, Investor Relations & Communications, and as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs. Prior to joining B&W, Kass held a number of engineering and project management-related positions of increasing responsibility with Westinghouse, Entergy and Duke Energy. Kass has a degree in materials science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a master’s in business administration from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. 

Research Interest

Materials science and engineering