Eduardo Menezes
Chief Executive Officer
Executive
1 yr
25 reports
Leadership change Eduardo Menezes became Chief Executive Officer (from EVP, Linde) · DEF 14A, 2025-12-11
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. ·APD
CEO directly oversees all regional industrial gas presidents
Chemicals · Fortune #347 · Divisional structure · 22K employees · Allentown, Pennsylvania
View as of:
8
CEO span
near peer avg (8)
2.5
Avg span
tight
3
Max depth
3 levels
3.6 yr
Avg tenure
↓ 4.2yr from FY2024
50%
Internal hires
near industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-09-30 · 10-K
Revenue
$12.0B
Operating income
$-877000000
Net income
$-394500000
Total assets
$41.1B
Shares out
223M
Sourced from Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. DEF 14A · filed 2025-12-11 ↗ View on SEC
Interactive org chart
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. organizational chart
Explore the executive structure, reporting layers, and scenario-ready operating model from public filings.
Open editable chart
Take this model into your AI workspace Use AI to reason through the model, then bring the scenario back into Creately Atlas.
Choose a prompt, then open an AI app and paste.
Download the CSV data instead
Air Products’ structure is defined by a wide CEO span, with all regional industrial gas presidents reporting directly to the CEO. This page maps the executive team, regional P&L ownership, and functional leadership, and analyzes how this centralized model compares with global industrial gas peers.
What to model
Use the chart to test org decisions, not just view reporting lines
Start with the public baseline, then use the scenario views and source-backed changes to ask what happens when leadership, span, or team ownership shifts.
Latest signal Sean D. Major departed as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Separated from the company on July 11, 2025.
Source · See change logScenario views in the chart
- Add Chief Operating Officer Introduce a COO to consolidate oversight of all regional presidents, reducing CEO span but adding an operating layer.
- Consolidate Asia and MEI Regions Merge Asia and Middle East & India under a single regional president to streamline oversight.
Atlas work this supports
- Connect Workday or UKG Get these analytics for YOUR org — tenure, span of control, headcount, automatically from your HRIS.
- Connect Salesforce Map your target accounts like this. Import contacts, visualize decision chains, plan multi-threading.
- Plan a Reorg Use this as a starting point. Model scenarios, compare structures, present options to your board.
The people
Who's running this
9 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
internal
Francesco Maione
President, Americas and Global Helium & Rare Gases
Operations
3 yr
8 reports
internal
Melissa N. Schaeffer
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Finance
6 yr
6 reports
internal
Victoria Brifo
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Human Resources
4 yr
5 reports
internal
Brian R. Galovich
Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Information Technology
5 yr
5 reports
Open Role
President, Asia
Operations
1 yr
6 reports
Open Role
President, Europe
Operations
1 yr
6 reports
Open Role
President, Middle East and India
Operations
1 yr
6 reports
Matthew Lepore
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Legal
2 yr
3 reports
The pay
Executive compensation
From the most recent DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. 1 named executive officers disclosed. Bar length scales with total compensation.
Eduardo Menezes $11.8M
- Base salary
- $811K
- Stock awards
- $10.92M
- Other
- $80K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
The businesses
How Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. divides the work
5 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Americas Industrial Gases
9K employees
President, Americas (Francesco Maione)
Largest regional segment covering North and South America industrial gas operations.
$5.1B rev $1.5B op inc 29.6% margin +1.7% YoY FY2025
Asia Industrial Gases
4K employees
President, Asia (Open Role)
Asia-Pacific industrial gas production and on-site projects.
$3.3B rev $851M op inc 26% margin +1.5% YoY FY2025
Europe Industrial Gases
4K employees
President, Europe (Open Role)
European industrial gas operations serving manufacturing and energy customers.
$3.0B rev $845M op inc 28.3% margin +5.7% YoY FY2025
Middle East and India Industrial Gases
3K employees
President, Middle East and India (Open Role)
Middle East and India operations including large hydrogen projects.
$136M rev $10M op inc 7.1% margin +1.1% YoY FY2025
Corporate and Other
2K employees
Chief Executive Officer (Eduardo Menezes)
Corporate functions, technology, equipment, and global support.
$520M rev $-367300000 op inc -70.6% margin -40.8% YoY FY2025
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
CEO Eduardo Menezes directly oversees each geographic industrial gas region rather than routing them through a COO.
This structure places the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Middle East & India presidents as direct CEO reports, alongside core functional leaders. The model emphasizes tight CEO control over capital allocation and large-scale project decisions, which is consistent with Air Products’ capital-intensive hydrogen and industrial gas investments.
The absence of a COO and the elevation of regional presidents to CEO-level visibility increases CEO span but reduces organizational layers. Functional leaders in finance, HR, IT, and legal remain centralized, while P&L accountability sits primarily with the regional industrial gas segments shown in the org.
- No COO role
- All regions report directly to CEO
- High CEO span for an industrial company
The comparison
How Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. stacks up
Compared with peers like Linde and Air Liquide, Air Products operates with a more centralized CEO-led regional model. Linde typically interposes additional operating layers, while Air Products keeps regions directly accountable to the CEO. This reflects its smaller scale relative to Linde and its emphasis on fewer, …
C-suite size
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
9
Linde
10
Air Liquide
9
Praxair (legacy)
8
Messer Group
7
Reporting depth
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
3 levels
Linde
5 levels
Air Liquide
5 levels
Praxair (legacy)
4 levels
Messer Group
4 levels
Avg C-suite tenure
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
4 yr
Linde
6 yr
Air Liquide
7 yr
Praxair (legacy)
8 yr
Messer Group
6 yr
Has COO / Has CAIO
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. — no COO — no CAIO
Linde — no COO — no CAIO
Air Liquide ✓ COO — no CAIO
Praxair (legacy) ✓ COO — no CAIO
Messer Group ✓ COO — no CAIO
Current signals
What changed recently
The most consequential change was the February 2025 appointment of Eduardo Menezes as CEO following Seifi Ghasemi’s departure.
- departedSean D. Major Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Separated from the company on July 11, 2025.
Source - departedSeifi Ghasemi Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Separated from the company on February 6, 2025.
Source - Date not confirmed newEduardo Menezes Chief Executive Officer
Appointed CEO effective February 2025 following leadership transition.
Source
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2025-12-11
- CEO
- Eduardo Menezes
- CEO span
- 7
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 3.4 yr
First year reflecting new CEO following major leadership transition.
Named executive officers (5)
- Eduardo Menezes - Chief Executive Officer since 2025
- Melissa N. Schaeffer - Chief Financial Officer since 2019
- Victoria Brifo - Chief Human Resources Officer since 2021
- Brian R. Galovich - Chief Information Officer since 2020
- Francesco Maione - President, Americas since 2022
FY2024
DEF 14A filed 2024-12-10
- CEO
- Seifi Ghasemi
- CEO span
- 6
- C-suite
- 6
- Avg tenure
- 7.8 yr
Long-tenured CEO with stable executive team.
Named executive officers (1)
- Seifi Ghasemi - CEO since 2014
FY2023
DEF 14A filed 2023-12-12
- CEO
- Seifi Ghasemi
- CEO span
- 6
- C-suite
- 6
- Avg tenure
- 8.2 yr
Continuity in leadership prior to 2025 transition.
Named executive officers (1)
- Seifi Ghasemi - CEO since 2014
Year-over-year changes
2025 marked a major CEO transition that reduced average executive tenure and slightly increased CEO span.
- CEO span: 6 → 7
- C-suite size: 6 → 5
- Avg tenure: 7.8 → 3.4 yr
- new Eduardo Menezes - Chief Executive Officer (was EVP, Linde) (DEF 14A, 2025-12-11)
- departed Seifi Ghasemi - CEO (was CEO) (DEF 14A, 2025-12-11)
The board
Board of directors
2 directors. 1 of 2 independent (50%). Source: most recent DEF 14A.
Eduardo Menezes
Inside
Chief Executive Officer, Air Products
Wayne T. Smith
Chair Independent
Retired Chairman and CEO, BASF Corporation
Also on: ONEOK, Inc.
The board, organized
Board committees
1 standing committees. Audit and Compensation must be 100% independent under SEC rules; the rest vary.
Audit and Finance Committee
100% independent
- evans_dir
- patel_dir
- ungerleider_dir
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of Air Products and Chemicals?
Eduardo Menezes has served as Chief Executive Officer since February 2025.
What type of organizational structure does Air Products and Chemicals use?
Air Products uses a divisional structure organized primarily by geographic industrial gas regions.
How many direct reports does Air Products and Chemicals's CEO have?
The CEO has eight direct reports, including all regional presidents and core functional leaders.
How has Air Products and Chemicals's leadership changed recently?
The company appointed Eduardo Menezes as CEO in February 2025 and saw the departures of Seifi Ghasemi and Sean D. Major during fiscal 2025.
Does Air Products and Chemicals have a COO?
No. Air Products does not have a Chief Operating Officer; regional presidents report directly to the CEO.
Sources
- DEF 14A, Dec 2025
- Company Press Release, Feb 2025
- SEC EDGAR: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 10-K Annual Report
Reference
Cite this page
If you reference this page in research, analysis, or news writing, use one of the formats below. Citation includes the SEC filing source where applicable.
APA 7th
Creately. (2026). Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. organizational structure. Creately. Retrieved , from https://creately.com/org-chart/fortune-500/air-products-and-chemicals/MLA 9th
"Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Organizational Structure." Creately, April 1, 2026, https://creately.com/org-chart/fortune-500/air-products-and-chemicals/. Accessed .Chicago 17
Creately. "Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Organizational Structure." Last modified April 1, 2026. https://creately.com/org-chart/fortune-500/air-products-and-chemicals/.Original SEC source View on SEC ↗
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.. DEF 14A. Filed 2025-12-11. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000130817925000643/apd-20251210.htmPermanent URL: https://creately.com/org-chart/fortune-500/air-products-and-chemicals/ · last updated 2026-04-01