CollisionWeek

Your source for the latest collision repair industry news, statistics and trend analysis.

  • News
  • Research
  • Feature
  • Subscribe
You are here: Home / News / PPG Announces Leadership Appointments

PPG Announces Leadership Appointments

January 5, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

PPG (NYSE:PPG) announced on Tuesday several leadership appointments, effective immediately.

Ram Vadlamannati, PPG senior vice president, will lead a newly created PPG operations organization that will encompass the company’s supply chain, operational excellence, manufacturing operations, procurement, and environment, health and safety functions.

Ram Vadlamannati, currently senior vice president, protective and marine coatings (PMC), and president, PPG EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), will transition to lead a newly created PPG operations organization, while maintaining executive oversight accountability of PPG’s EMEA region. He will report to PPG president and chief executive officer, Tim Knavish. PPG’s operations organization will encompass supply chain, operational excellence, manufacturing operations, procurement, and environment, health and safety functions. Leaders of those functions will report to Vadlamannati.

Chancey Hagerty, vice president, global automotive refinish, will continue in his current role and assume executive oversight accountability for the Asia Pacific region, reporting to Knavish.

Amy Ericson, currently senior vice president, packaging coatings, will become senior vice president, PMC, succeeding Vadlamannati and reporting to Knavish. She will also assume executive oversight accountability for PPG’s Latin America region. Ericson will continue to lead PPG’s packaging coatings business on an interim basis, until a new leader for the business is announced.

Kevin Braun, vice president, global industrial coatings and interim industrial segment leader, will assume executive oversight responsibility for the following PPG businesses: global automotive coatings, specialty coatings and materials, and packaging coatings. Leaders for these businesses will report to Braun, who will also continue to lead PPG’s global industrial coatings business and report to Knavish.

“Congratulations to these PPG leaders on their expanded responsibilities and new roles,” said Knavish. “We are pleased to have a talented group of leaders with broad, proven experience, which provides continuity in driving our global business strategies and delivering shareholder value. I look forward to working with the entire PPG leadership team and our more than 50,000 PPG People around the world to drive our purpose forward – We Protect and Beautify the World.”

Filed Under: News Tagged With: People, PPG Industries

Connect

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Interview Sponsors

IBIS Publisher Partner

Login

Remember Me
Subscribe | Lost your Password?

Tags

AAA AASP/NJ Acquisitions Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Agreements Signed Auto Care Association Automotive Service Association Autonomous Vehicles Awards Axalta Coating Systems BASF Board of Directors Boyd Group California Canada Career and Technical Education CARSTAR CCC Collision Repair Education Foundation Coronavirus Diagnostics Donations Earnings Florida General Motors I-CAR Insurance Auto Auctions Lawsuits legislation LKQ Corporation Mitchell International National Auto Body Council Network Affiliations New Jersey New Vehicle Sales Non-OEM Parts Openings People PPG Industries Regulations Scholarships Service King Collision Repair Centers Texas United Kingdom Workforce Development

Recent Articles

  • Boyd Group Reports Sales Up Nearly 30% in 2022 March 22, 2023
  • U.S. Property/Casualty Insurance Industry Projected to Suffer $26.5 Billion Underwriting Loss in 2022 March 22, 2023
  • Indiana Farmers Insurance Partners with CCC for AI-Powered Estimating March 22, 2023
  • NICB President and San Diego DA Discuss Crime Trends and Efforts to Fight Insurance Fraud March 22, 2023
  • Crash Champions Opens New Collision Repair Center in Ohio March 21, 2023
  • Lift Auto Group Acquires 5 Collision Repair Centers in Alberta, Canada March 21, 2023
  • Eric Chester to Keynote ASE 2023 Instructor Training Conference March 21, 2023

CollisionWeek Membership

  • Login
  • Lost Password
  • Membership Details
  • Register
  • Sponsors
  • Subscription Information
  • Terms of Use for CollisionWeek

More Information

About CollisionWeek
Contact Us
Privacy Policy
Event Calendar
Take the Collision Repair Business Conditions Survey

Copyright 1999-2023 - QuanDec Corporation - All Rights Reserved · Log in