Mr. Baksht has served as Pactiv Evergreen’s Chief Financial Officer since May 2022. Before joining Pactiv Evergreen, Mr. Baksht served as Chief Financial Officer of Valaris Limited, a global offshore contract drilling company, from November 2015 until September 2021, before which he served in various other roles in Valaris’ finance department. Before Valaris, Mr. Baksht served as a Senior Vice President at Goldman Sachs & Co. within the Investment Banking Division. He holds a Bachelor of Science with High Honors in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.