Air Products (Leigh Valley, Pennsylvania) has announced the formation of a new senior management board as well as changes across its current leadership team. Chairman, president and CEO Seifi Ghasemi will lead the new 11 executive-member board.
The members of the management board are: Ivo Bols, president, Europe & Africa; Wolfgang Brand, senior vice president, project delivery and technology; Victoria Brifo, senior vice president and chief human resources officer, corporate communications and corporate relations; Brian Galovich, senior vice president and chief information officer; Ahmed Hababou, president, Middle East and India; Kurt Lefevere, president, Asia; Francesco Maione, president, Americas; Sean Major, executive vice president, general counsel and secretary, mergers & acquisitions, and sustainability; Wilbur Mok, senior vice president, equipment businesses; Wally Nelson, vice president, global helium; and Melissa Schaeffer, senior vice president and chief financial officer.
“The formation of the management board further streamlines and optimizes our global organization to ensure we maintain [our position as the safest and most profitable industrial gas company in the world]. I am focused on our company strategy, project execution and the development of our senior leaders,” Ghasemi said.
The strategy aims to align Air Products’ growth under its two-pillar plan, which will focus on the company’s core industrial gases business and the advancement of clean hydrogen, the company said.
Earlier this month, Air Products announced that that its chief operating officer Samir Serhan has stepped down from his role, effective immediately. Serhan will stay with the company until Sept. 30, 2024. Also, it has announced that Eric Guter will assume the role of vice president, investor relations, effective Sept. 30, 2024, replacing Sidd Manjeshwar, who will be leaving to pursue other opportunities.
Air Products reports its fiscal third-quarter earnings on August 1.
by Jameson Croteau
Source: chemweek.com
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