Leadership transition to be completed by October 1, 2026
Orlando, FL — June 30, 2026 — Innventure, Inc. (NASDAQ: INV), an industrial growth conglomerate, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Bill Grieco as Innventure’s next Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Grieco will succeed Bill Haskell, who is retiring after a distinguished career spanning more than 45 years – the last six of which have been as Innventure’s CEO. Dr. Grieco will assume the CEO role on October 1, 2026, and Mr. Haskell will work closely with him to support a seamless transition over the next three months.
The appointment follows a comprehensive succession planning and search process led by a subcommittee of Innventure’s Board, conducted with the assistance of a leading executive search firm that evaluated both internal and external candidates over the four months.
“On behalf of the Board, I want to thank Bill Haskell for his leadership and dedication in building Innventure into the platform it is today, and we wish him all the best in his well-earned retirement,” said Mike Otworth, Innventure’s Executive Chairman. “As we enter our next phase of growth, we are excited to welcome Bill Grieco as Chief Executive Officer. Bill is already focused on developing an aggressive first 100 days plan for milestone execution to facilitate Innventure finishing the year strongly. I’m confident that Innventure stakeholders will be pleased by Bill’s transparency and proactive communication to our shareholders and business partners.”
Dr. Grieco currently serves as the founding Chief Executive Officer of Refinity, one of Innventure’s operating companies and as board member of Refinity and Accelsius. From 2022 to 2024, he served as Innventure’s Chief Technology Officer. Prior to Innventure, Dr. Grieco was the CEO of The RAPID Manufacturing Institute® and led R&D for the $3 billion Building Materials Group at Owens Corning. He brings a long history of working alongside multinational corporations to bring differentiated technologies to commercial scale, together with the operating discipline of having led a company through its build-and-scale phase. Dr. Grieco earned a PhD and master’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Institute of Technology, all in Chemical Engineering.
“I share the Board’s confidence that Bill Grieco is the right leader for Innventure’s next chapter,” said Haskell. “He understands our model from the inside, having helped guide our operating companies at the board level and leading Refinity as CEO. Dr. Grieco was also a key member of the evaluation team that led to the founding of Accelsius. He has been a founding director of Accelsius and continues to sit on the board. Given his depth of knowledge of both Accelsius and Refinity coupled with his extensive experience co-developing the Innventure model, we think that he uniquely provides the ability to lead Innventure seamlessly. He has earned the trust and respect of our multinational collaboration partners, internal teams, and the Board. I am confident Innventure will be in exceptional hands.”
“I am honored by the Board’s confidence and grateful for everything Bill Haskell has built,” said Dr Grieco. “Innventure’s model is unique, and it works because it pairs breakthrough technologies with the discipline to launch and grow companies with compelling value propositions. I intend to focus on growing our relationships with multinational partners, scaling our operating companies pragmatically, and creating value for our shareholders.”
Dr. Grieco will join Innventure’s executive committee in connection with his appointment and fill the vacancy created by Mr. Haskell’s planned retirement from Innventure’s Board of Directors on October 1, 2026. He will also continue to serve on the boards of Accelsius and Refinity. Refinity and Innventure are currently working with an executive search firm and our corporate partner to identify a well-qualified successor CEO for Refinity.
About Innventure
Innventure, Inc. (NASDAQ: INV), an industrial growth conglomerate, focuses on building companies with billion-dollar valuations by commercializing breakthrough technology solutions. By systematically creating and operating industrial enterprises from the ground up, Innventure participates in early-stage economics and provides industrial operating expertise designed for global scale. Innventure’s approach seeks to uniquely bridge the “Valley of Death” between corporate innovation and commercialization through its distinctive combination of value-driven multinational partnerships, operational experience, and scaling expertise.
Investor Relations Contact: Kyle Nagarkar, Solebury Strategic Communications
investorrelations@innventure.com
Media Contact: Laurie Steinberg, Solebury Strategic Communications
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