# Reworld Appoints Howard Lance CEO With Immediate Effect

The waste-services company’s board chair succeeds Azeez Mohammed, who will remain a senior adviser.

By Will Langan | 24X7 News
Published: 2026-10-30T16:02:24.666Z
Updated: 2026-10-30T16:02:24.666Z
Section: Business
Format: News
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Reworld appointed Howard L. Lance president and chief executive effective immediately, the waste-services company announced October 30.

Lance succeeds Azeez Mohammed, who will become a senior adviser to Reworld and an industrial adviser to its owner, EQT. The company described those continuing roles as support for the leadership transition.

Lance has chaired Reworld’s board since 2021, when EQT-managed funds acquired the business then known as Covanta. The company adopted the Reworld name in 2024.

His previous executive positions include leading Maxar Technologies from 2016 to 2019 and Harris Corporation from 2003 to 2011. He has also worked as an adviser to EQT and Blackstone, according to the announcement.

The company said Lance would focus on safe operations, customer service and waste-management services intended to reduce landfill use. Those priorities are management’s stated objectives; the appointment notice does not measure environmental improvements achieved by the leadership change.

The release identifies an immediate executive succession, rather than a future appointment conditional on a transaction closing. Mohammed’s advisory role preserves a continuing connection to the business after his departure as chief executive.

Sources: Reworld leadership announcement, October 30, 2026.

## Sources
- Reworld — October 30, 2026 Primary Announcement: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/reworld-names-howard-l-lance-president-and-chief-executive-officer-302925085.html