Healey Joins PPG Board of Directors
PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced that Melanie Healey, former group
president, North America, The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G), has been
elected to join its board of directors, effective immediately. She will
serve on the PPG board’s audit committee and its technology and
environment committee.
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Melanie Healey, former group president, North America, The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G), is a new member of the board of directors of PPG. (Photo: Business Wire)
Healey worked in the consumer goods industry for 32 years with S.C.
Johnson & Sons, Johnson & Johnson and P&G. She joined P&G, a leading
global provider of branded consumer packaged goods, in 1990 in Brazil.
Healey advanced through various leadership roles in Brazil, Mexico,
Venezuela and the U.S. to eventually become group president, North
America, in 2009 and then group president and advisor to the chairman
and chief executive in 2015.
“Melanie’s proven leadership and broad knowledge of the consumer
products industry will add a unique perspective and valuable depth to
our board, as PPG continues to strengthen our brand and grow our
business,” said Charles E. Bunch, PPG executive chairman of the board.
Healey also serves on the boards of Target Corporation and Verizon
Communications Inc., and she served as a trustee on the University of
Richmond board from 2009 to 2013.
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coatings and materials that our customers have trusted for more than 130
years. Through dedication and creativity, we solve our customers’
biggest challenges, collaborating closely to find the right path
forward. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, we operate and innovate in
more than 70 countries and reported net sales of $15.3 billion in 2015.
We serve customers in construction, consumer products, industrial and
transportation markets and aftermarkets. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com.
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