LSB Industries Inc., Oklahoma City, announced on June 15 that Brian Jensen has joined the company as Director of Corporate Development, effective June 14, 2022. In this newly created position, he will be dedicated to evaluating project investments, cultivating business development partnerships, and identifying and pursuing potential merger and acquisition (M&A) opportunities, among other responsibilities.
“We are very pleased that Brian has joined our senior leadership team as our Director of Corporate Development,” said Mark Behrman, LSB’s President and CEO. “We believe his knowledge and experience will enable us to leverage our operational performance and financial position, which are the strongest in Company history, in order to propel LSB into our next phase of growth in profitability, cashflow, and shareholder value. I’d like to welcome Brian to LSB and look forward to working with him.”
LSB said Jensen has more than 15 years of experience in corporate development and investment banking with global organizations. Most recently, from 2017-2022, he was Director of Corporate Development for China Road and Bridge Corp., a global transportation, engineering, and construction company, where he performed a critical role in driving M&A, investment projects, joint ventures, and other corporate transactions.
From 2006-2016 he was with BMO Capital Markets, where he was a Vice President in the firm’s investment banking practice. In this capacity, he was responsible for identifying, evaluating, negotiating, and executing mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, and transaction financing, with a focus on the industrials and infrastructure sectors.
Jensen holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Finance from the Questrom School of Business at Boston University. He also served in the U.S. Army.