Carriage Services, Inc. announced the appointment of Kian Granmayeh as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 13, 2023. Mr. Granmayeh, age 44, most recently served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Tellurian, Inc. from March 2020 to February 2023. Previously, Mr. Granmayeh served as Tellurian, Inc.'s Director of Investor Relations from August 2019 to March 2020, Director of Special Projects from July 2019 to August 2019 and as a consultant to the Chief Financial Officer from January 2019 to June 2019.

Prior to joining Tellurian, Mr. Granmayeh worked at Apache Corporation where he served as a Manager in the Investor Relations and Strategic Planning groups from May 2014 to February 2018. Prior to Apache Corporation, Mr. Granmayeh served as a Vice President, and earlier as an Associate, at Lazard Freres & Co. in their oil and gas investment banking group from 2009 to 2014, during which time he advised on a broad range of advisory-focused transactions, particularly around mergers & acquisitions, restructuring, and debt and equity capital raises.

Mr. Granmayeh holds a B.A. in Neuroscience & Behavior from Columbia University and an M.B.A. from Rice University.