{"id":808549,"date":"2025-02-04T09:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T14:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/air-products-board-of-directors-appoints-eduardo-f-menezes-ceo\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T09:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T14:16:11","slug":"air-products-board-of-directors-appoints-eduardo-f-menezes-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/air-products-board-of-directors-appoints-eduardo-f-menezes-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Products&#8217; Board of Directors Appoints Eduardo F. Menezes CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p class=\"prntac\">\n        <i><br \/>\n          <span class=\"xn-person\">Seifi Ghasemi<\/span> to Leave the Company Following More than 10 Years of Dedicated Service<br \/><\/i><br \/>\n        <i>Wayne T. Smith Named Board Chairman and Dennis H. Reilley Named Board Vice Chairman<\/i>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><br \/>\n          <span class=\"xn-location\">LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 4, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Air Products&#8217; (NYSE:\u00a0APD) Board of Directors today announced the appointment of <span class=\"xn-person\">Eduardo F. Menezes<\/span> as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Air Products effective <span class=\"xn-chron\">February 7, 2025<\/span>, succeeding Seifollah (&#8220;Seifi&#8221;) Ghasemi, who is leaving the Company after more than 10 years of dedicated service. Mr. Menezes will also join the Air Products Board.<\/p>\n<p>The Board of Directors also has named <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4354675-1&amp;h=3467163437&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.airproducts.com%2Fcompany%2Fboard-of-directors%2Fwayne-smith-bio&amp;a=Wayne+T.+Smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"xn-person\">Wayne T. Smith<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Chairman and <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4354675-1&amp;h=2251657587&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.airproducts.com%2Fcompany%2Fboard-of-directors%2Fdennis-reilley-bio&amp;a=Dennis+H.+Reilley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"xn-person\">Dennis H. Reilley<\/span><\/a>\u00a0as Vice Chairman. They, along with the full Board, will work closely with Mr. Menezes and Air Products&#8217; leadership to advance the Company.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b><br \/>\n          <span class=\"xn-person\">Eduardo Menezes<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/b><br \/>\n        <b>Appointed Air Products&#8217; New CEO (<span class=\"xn-chron\">February 7, 2025<\/span>)<br \/><\/b>Commenting on the appointment of <span class=\"xn-person\">Eduardo Menezes<\/span>, Mr. Smith noted, &#8220;After evaluating various exceptional candidates for the CEO role, the Board determined that Eduardo&#8217;s knowledge, skills and extensive experience in the industrial gases sector, including more than three-and-a-half decades in progressively senior roles at Linde plc and operating experience across the world, make him uniquely qualified to take Air Products forward and maximize value for shareholders.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Menezes said, &#8220;Air Products is a fantastic company with a great future, and I am honored to have this opportunity to work with the talented team to build on the Company&#8217;s strong positions. I look forward to applying the experiences and perspectives I&#8217;ve gained in working across various sectors of industrial gases in different countries around the world. With our collective focus and discipline, I am confident in our ability to drive superior value.&#8221; \u00a0<br \/>Mr. Menezes brings extensive international experience in all key sectors of industrial gases, including on-sites, merchant liquid, packaged gases and hydrogen. At his last position, he was the executive vice president (EVP) of Linde plc for <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Middle East<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Africa<\/span>, with responsibility for operations in more than 40 countries with over <span class=\"xn-money\">$8 billion<\/span> in sales and 18,000 employees. Prior to that, Mr. Menezes worked for Praxair in a variety of senior roles, including as EVP accountable for <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span> and in a series of general management and business development positions in the U.S., <span class=\"xn-location\">Spain<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Brazil<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Menezes holds an M.B.A. from the <span class=\"xn-org\">State University of New York<\/span> and a chemical engineering degree from the Federal University of <span class=\"xn-location\">Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Seifi Ghasemi Leaving Air Products Following More than 10 Years of Dedicated Service<br \/><\/b>Mr. Smith said, &#8220;On behalf of the full Board, Air Products&#8217; leadership team and employees, we thank Seifi for his countless contributions and leadership of Air Products over the last decade. Seifi&#8217;s commitment to safety, his ability to bring people together to innovate and collaborate, and his relentless drive to &#8216;be the best&#8217; will continue to serve the Company well as we deliver value for customers, shareholders and our operating communities around the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ghasemi said, &#8220;Leading Air Products over the last 10 years has been an honor and a privilege. When I became CEO in 2014, we made it our mission to drive for new levels of profitability and growth. Working alongside the talented leadership team and our committed and motivated employees around the world, I am very proud to say that we achieved that, taking Air Products to new heights. That result is due to the hard work of the people of Air Products, and I have no doubt they will drive the Company&#8217;s continued success into the future.&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About Board Chairman <span class=\"xn-person\">Wayne T. Smith<\/span><br \/><\/b><br \/>\n        <span class=\"xn-person\">Wayne T. Smith<\/span> is Chairman of the Air Products Board. He served as director of Air Products since 2021. He brings 35 years of senior management experience in the chemicals industries, including extensive industrial gases leadership and operational experience. He is the retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BASF Corporation, where he served from <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 2015<\/span> through <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 2021<\/span>. He was also a member of the Board of Executive Directors of the parent company, BASF SE, from 2012 through <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 2021<\/span>, responsible for global business portfolios exceeding <span class=\"xn-money\">$25 billion dollars<\/span> in revenue. He joined BASF in 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Smith was vice president and general manager of Specialty Construction Chemicals at W.R. Grace and Company, where he led the strategy development, growth and profitability of that unit worldwide. Before joining W.R. Grace, Mr. Smith served in positions of increasing responsibility with The BOC Group, culminating as vice president and general manager of the company&#8217;s Packaged Products business.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Smith serves as a director on the board of ONEOK, Inc. and is a former director of Inter Pipeline Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from <span class=\"xn-org\">Syracuse University<\/span> and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the <span class=\"xn-org\">University of Pennsylvania<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About Board Vice Chairman <span class=\"xn-person\">Dennis H. Reilley<\/span><br \/><\/b><br \/>\n        <span class=\"xn-person\">Dennis H. Reilley<\/span> is Vice Chairman of the Air Products Board. He served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Praxair, Inc., a worldwide industrial gases company now part of Linde plc, from 2000 until his retirement in 2007. Before joining Praxair, Inc., Mr. Reilley held several senior executive positions at E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, including executive vice president and Chief Operating Officer, executive vice president, vice president and general manager of the Lycra business, vice president and general manager of its specialty chemicals division, and vice president and general manager of its titanium dioxide division.\u00a0 Mr. Reilley previously served as a senior executive at Conoco Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Reilley also previously served as Chairman of the Board of Marathon Oil Corporation and as Chairman of the Board of Covidien.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Reilley has also served on the boards of DuPont de Nemours, Inc., CSX Corporation, The Dow Chemical Company, H.J. Heinz &amp; Co., and Entergy Corporation.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Reilley holds a B.S. in Finance from <span class=\"xn-org\">Oklahoma State University<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About Air Products<\/b><br \/>\n        <br \/>Air Products (NYSE:<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4354675-1&amp;h=1023181449&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fnam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Finvestors.airproducts.com%252Fstock-information%26data%3D05%257C02%257CMALINABC%2540airproducts.com%257C5a7569380e1042a7000808dd07d55251%257C950af35660254fdb96a0a9be6b893fec%257C0%257C0%257C638675334960095447%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%253D%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3D2MsHeyoJlwnTB53ZcmqzMWdvMOxNrNclCam7dzE5S60%253D%26reserved%3D0&amp;a=APD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">APD<\/a>) is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation for over 80 years focused on serving energy, environmental, and emerging markets and generating a cleaner future. 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Smith Named Board Chairman and Dennis H. Reilley Named Board Vice Chairman LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. , Feb. 4, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Air Products&#8217; (NYSE:\u00a0APD) Board of Directors today announced the appointment of Eduardo F. Menezes as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Air Products effective February 7, 2025, succeeding Seifollah (&#8220;Seifi&#8221;) Ghasemi, who is leaving the Company after more than 10 years of dedicated service. Mr. Menezes will also join the Air Products Board. The Board of Directors also has named Wayne T. Smith\u00a0Chairman and Dennis H. Reilley\u00a0as Vice Chairman. They, along with the full Board, will work closely with Mr. Menezes and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/air-products-board-of-directors-appoints-eduardo-f-menezes-ceo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Air Products&#8217; Board of Directors Appoints Eduardo F. 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