PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2014--
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today announced the appointment of Kevin E.
McDonald, as vice president, fiber glass, effective March 1. McDonald is
currently PPG general manager, reinforcements, and leader for fiber
glass in the Americas and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). He will
report to Viktor Sekmakas, PPG executive vice president, and continue to
be based at the company’s Glass Business and Discovery Center in Harmar,
Pa.
McDonald will succeed Thomas P. Kerr, who will retire effective March 1.
“Kevin’s deep knowledge of PPG’s fiber glass business will serve the
company well as he takes on this important role,” Sekmakas said. “In
addition, we thank Tom for his contributions to PPG during his 35-year
career. We congratulate him on his many accomplishments and successes
and wish him and his family all the best.”
McDonald joined PPG in 1980 and progressed through sales and marketing
roles in the fiber glass business to become director of sales, North
America, for fiber glass in 1995 and director, ZebraLink, in 1999. He
spent the next five years as PPG’s general credit manager before being
named the company’s director of government sales, and he then returned
to the fiber glass business in his current role. McDonald earned an MBA
from Fairleigh Dickinson University and an undergraduate degree in
marketing from Indiana University-Bloomington.
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