Talented Senior Leadership Focused on
Executing Company's Two-Pillar Growth Strategy, Delivering the
Company's Next-Level of Success, and Generating a Cleaner
Future
LEHIGH VALLEY,
Pa., July 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products
(NYSE:APD) today announced the formation of a Management Board,
effective immediately, bringing together talented senior leadership
across the globe to execute the Company's two-pillar growth
strategy. That strategy is to optimize and grow Air Products' core
industrial gases business while advancing the energy transition
through clean hydrogen.
Chairman, President and CEO Seifi
Ghasemi will lead the new Management Board, each of
whom will report directly to him:
- 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 Lefevre, 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
- Melissa Schaeffer, Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Ghasemi said, "Air Products is the safest and most profitable
industrial gas company in the world. The formation of the
Management Board further streamlines and optimizes our global
organization to ensure we maintain that position. It further
enhances our ability to execute our full portfolio of projects. I
am focused on our Company strategy, project execution and the
development of our senior leaders. I remain highly enthusiastic
about the future of Air Products and am proud to lead this Company
and work alongside our talented and dedicated team."
Executive bios and photos are available
at www.airproducts.com/company/leadership.
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a
world-leading industrial gases company in operation for over 80
years focused on serving energy, environmental, and emerging
markets. The Company has two growth pillars driven by
sustainability. Air Products' base business provides essential
industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to
customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemicals,
metals, electronics, manufacturing, and food. The Company also
develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates some of the world's
largest clean hydrogen projects supporting the transition to low-
and zero-carbon energy in the heavy-duty transportation and
industrial sectors. Additionally, Air Products is the world leader
in the supply of liquefied natural gas process technology and
equipment, and provides turbomachinery, membrane systems and
cryogenic containers globally.
The Company had fiscal 2023 sales of $12.6 billion from operations in
approximately 50 countries and has a current market
capitalization of over $50 billion.
Approximately 23,000 passionate, talented and committed employees
from diverse backgrounds are driven by Air Products' higher purpose
to create innovative solutions that benefit the environment,
enhance sustainability and reimagine what's possible to address the
challenges facing customers, communities, and the world. For more
information, visit www.airproducts.com or follow us on LinkedIn, X,
Facebook or Instagram.
This release contains "forward-looking statements"
within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are
based on management's expectations and assumptions as of the date
of this release and are not guarantees of future performance. While
forward-looking statements are made in good faith and based on
assumptions, expectations and projections that management believes
are reasonable based on currently available information, actual
performance and financial results may differ materially from
projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking
statements because of many factors, including the risk factors
described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended September 30, 2023 and other
factors disclosed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Except as required by law, we disclaim any obligation
or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statements
contained herein to reflect any change in the assumptions, beliefs
or expectations or any change in events, conditions or
circumstances upon which any such forward-looking statements are
based.
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