Chris is a senior executive with a unique set of experiences in the Water Technology sector. The majority of his 30+ year career has focused on acquisitions and improvement of businesses. After a successful 14-year career at Thermo Fisher, Chris was part of the founding team of Nova Analytics, a roll up of well-known water instrumentation companies that was ultimately sold to ITT, predecessor of Xylem, in 2010.

Chris served as a founding officer and division president for Xylem, a NYSE traded, multi-national corporation. At Xylem, Chris was responsible for a P&L with revenue of more than $600M including Water Treatment and Instrumentation. After 5 successful years with Xylem focusing on growth, acquisitions and strategy, Chris returned to private equity M&A, partnering with Union Park Capital on KPM Analytics.

In 5 short years, 6 acquisitions were completed and another successful leader in Analytical Instrumentation was created. In July 2020, Chris joined Axius Water and looks to continue finding great businesses and helping solve water challenges.  Chris spent the early part of his career in Engineering, Product Development and Operations and is a graduate of Northeastern University.

David brings more than two decades of Finance experience to the Axius Water team, most recently having spent 13 years with Fortive (formerly Danaher) as CFO.

The focus of David’s career has been enabling businesses to achieve success partnering with finance. In this way, David is well-equipped to support not only Axius’ platform-level growth into the future, but also provide guidance and better align the financial efforts of its operating companies.

David did his undergrad work at St. Bonaventure University, and subsequently received his masters from State University of New York in Albany, NY.

Ellen Gaby is a commercial leader with over 30 years of experience in the water and wastewater industry, spanning an era in which strategic investment into the water space has changed the landscape from a patchwork of regional players to some of the largest conglomerates in the world.

Having graduated a Morehead Cain Scholar from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ellen began her career at a family-owned business focused on providing ultrapure water in the Research Triangle Park, NC and later moved into industrial and municipal water and wastewater treatment at firms that first became US Filter, then GE Water.  Prior to joining Axius, Ellen spent 16 years building a North American water business for the Australian chemical company Orica / Ixom Pty Ltd. Focusing both on the environment and on the human side of commerce, Ellen brings a strategic focus to the passionate pursuit of clean water.

Martin Hildebrand, P.Eng, and founder of Canada based Nexom, formerly known as Nelson Environmental, brings decades of pioneering wastewater treatment expertise to Axius Water as CTO. Laser focused on nutrient removal technologies for both municipal and industrial applications in urban and rural settings alike, under Martin’s watch, Nexom implemented process technologies to more than 800 projects while leading the EDI team, headquartered in the U.S., on countless aeration installs as well. A member of the acquisition team, Martin has been pivotal in forging acquisition prospects for portfolio additions including Napier Reid and most recently Triplepoint. A civil engineering graduate of the University of Manitoba, Martin now brings his technology acumen and leadership to the entire Axius portfolio.