Michael H. McGarry has been the Chief Executive Officer of PPG Industries, Inc. since September 1, 2015 and has been its the President since March 1, 2015. Mr. McGarry served as Chief Operating Officer of PPG Industries Inc. from August 1, 2014 to September 1, 2015.
Mr. McGarry served as an Executive Vice President of PPG Industries Inc. since September 1, 2012 until August 1, 2014. Mr. McGarry served as the Head of Architectural Coatings for Americas, Asia Pacific EMEA at PPG Industries Inc. since February 21, 2013. Mr. McGarry has leadership responsibility for PPG's Asia Pacific region, its global aerospace products and automotive refinish businesses, and its commodity chemical business, which merged with Georgia Gulf to become Axiall.
His responsibilities also include corporate oversight for all PPG environmental, health and safety activities and the global information technology function. He served as Senior Vice President of Commodity Chemicals at PPG Industries Inc. from July 1, 2008 to September 1, 2012 and was responsible for its Commodity Chemicals reporting segment and chlor-alkali and Derivatives Business Unit.
He served as the Managing Director of PPG Europe and Vice President of Coatings Europe of PPG from July 1, 2006 to June 2008. Mr. McGarry served as Vice President of Chlor-alkali and Derivatives of PPG Industries Inc. from March 1, 2004 to July 1, 2006 and served as its General Manager of Fine Chemicals since 2000. He joined PPG in 1981 as an Engineer at Chemicals Complex of PPG Industries Inc.
Mr. McGarry served through a series of management assignments of increasing responsibility, including Market Development Manager of Silica Products, Operations Manager of Silicas, Thailand, Business Manager of Teslin Sheet and Product Manager in the Derivatives, Chlorine, Liquid and Dry Caustic Soda Businesses. He has been a Director of PPG Industries Inc. since July 16, 2015.
He has been Director of Axiall Corporation (formerly known as Georgia Gulf Corporation) since January 31, 2013. Mr. McGarry holds a Mechanical Engineering degree at the University of Texas.
PPG Industries is an American Fortune 500 company and global supplier of paints, coatings, specialty materials, chemicals, glass, and fiberglass. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PPG operates in more than 70 countries around the globe. It is headquartered in PPG Place, an office and retail complex in downtown Pittsburgh, and is known for its glass facade designed by Philip Johnson.
