PPG Industries, Inc. ·PPG

Enterprise model with coatings businesses led by global SVPs

Chemicals · Fortune #234 · Hybrid structure · 46K employees · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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CEO span

↓ tighter than peers (avg 9)

3.1

Avg span

moderate

Max depth

3 levels

3.6 yr

Avg tenure

stable vs FY2024

71%

Internal hires

↑ above industry avg

Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-12-31 · 10-K

Revenue

$15.9B

Operating income

$2.7B

Net income

$1.6B

Total assets

$22.1B

Shares out

223M

Sourced from PPG Industries, Inc. DEF 14A · filed 2026-03-05 ↗ View on SEC

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Enterprise model with coatings businesses led by global SVPs. This page maps PPG’s CEO‑centric structure, executive team, and reporting lines, highlights the 2026 CFO transition, and compares PPG’s span and depth with chemical peers.

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Latest signal Vincent J. Morales departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Retires effective July 6, 2026.

Source · See change log

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The people

Who's running this

7 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.

internal

Timothy M. Knavish

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Executive

7 yr

15 reports

Jamie A. Beggs

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Finance

0 yr

2 reports

internal

Kevin D. Braun

Senior Vice President, Operations

Operations

3 yr

2 reports

K. Henrik Bergstrom

Senior Vice President, Global Architectural Coatings

Business

4 yr

2 reports

internal

Alisha E. Bellezza

Senior Vice President, Automotive Coatings

Business

3 yr

1 reports

internal

Anne M. Foulkes

Senior Vice President, Legal and Special Projects

Legal

6 yr

1 reports

internal

Robert L. Massy

Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

2 yr

1 reports

The pay

Executive compensation

From the most recent DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. 2 named executive officers disclosed. Bar length scales with total compensation.

T. M. Knavish $14.9M

Base salary: $1.30M
Stock awards: $7.33M
Option awards: $3.67M
Non-equity incentive: $1.92M
Pension change: $318K
Other: $343K
Fiscal year: FY2025
Source: SEC DEF 14A ↗

V. J. Morales $5.5M

Base salary: $846K
Stock awards: $2.27M
Option awards: $1.13M
Non-equity incentive: $785K
Pension change: $325K
Other: $147K
Fiscal year: FY2025
Source: SEC DEF 14A ↗

The businesses

How PPG Industries, Inc. divides the work

4 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.

Architectural Coatings

14K employees

Senior Vice President, Global Architectural Coatings (K. Henrik Bergstrom)

Global decorative and architectural paints and coatings business.

Automotive Coatings

9K employees

Senior Vice President, Automotive Coatings (Alisha E. Bellezza)

OEM and refinish coatings for global automotive manufacturers.

Operations

15K employees

Senior Vice President, Operations (Kevin D. Braun)

Manufacturing, supply chain and operational excellence.

Corporate Functions

8K employees

Chairman and CEO (Timothy M. Knavish)

Finance, legal, HR and enterprise services.

The thesis

Why this org is unusual

Enterprise leadership at PPG is distinctive for putting its largest coatings businesses—Architectural and Automotive—under global SVPs reporting directly to the CEO.

This concentrates P&L accountability at level two rather than splitting by region. The CEO’s span shows business and operations leaders alongside core corporate functions. Finance transitions in 2026 add a brief handoff period as a new external CFO joins following a long‑tenured internal predecessor.

No COO role
Business-unit SVPs report directly to CEO
External CFO succession in 2026

The comparison

How PPG Industries, Inc. stacks up

Compared with large chemical peers, PPG’s structure emphasizes enterprise control with coatings categories as global businesses. Sherwin‑Williams runs a similarly coatings‑centric model but with fewer global SVPs, while Dow and DuPont rely more on segment presidents. PPG’s CEO span is mid‑range, and the absence of a …

C-suite size

PPG Industries, Inc.

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Reporting depth

PPG Industries, Inc.

3 levels

4 levels

5 levels

5 levels

4 levels

LyondellBasell

5 levels

Avg C-suite tenure

PPG Industries, Inc.

4 yr

6 yr

5 yr

4 yr

7 yr

LyondellBasell

5 yr

Has COO / Has CAIO

PPG Industries, Inc. — no COO — no CAIO

Sherwin-Williams — no COO — no CAIO

Dow ✓ COO — no CAIO

DuPont ✓ COO — no CAIO

Eastman Chemical — no COO — no CAIO

LyondellBasell ✓ COO — no CAIO

Current signals

What changed recently

PPG named an external CFO, Jamie Beggs, to succeed long‑tenured CFO Vincent Morales effective July 2026.

Jul 6, 2026 departed
Vincent J. Morales Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Retires effective July 6, 2026.
Source
Apr 28, 2026 new
Jamie A. Beggs Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Announced April 28, 2026; effective July 6, 2026.
Source

Leadership Timeline

Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.

FY2025

DEF 14A filed 2026-03-05

CEO: Timothy M. Knavish
CEO span: 7
C-suite: 5
Avg tenure: 4.1 yr

Stable enterprise leadership with long‑tenured CEO and CFO.

Named executive officers (5)

Timothy M. Knavish - Chairman and CEO since 2019
Vincent J. Morales - SVP & CFO since 2016
Anne M. Foulkes - SVP Legal since 2020
K. Henrik Bergstrom - SVP Global Architectural Coatings since 2022
Kevin D. Braun - SVP Operations since 2022

FY2024

DEF 14A filed 2025-03-06

CEO: Timothy M. Knavish
CEO span: 6
C-suite: 4
Avg tenure: 4.6 yr

Operations leadership expanded in subsequent year.

Named executive officers (4)

Timothy M. Knavish - Chairman and CEO since 2019
Vincent J. Morales - SVP & CFO since 2016
Anne M. Foulkes - SVP Legal since 2020
K. Henrik Bergstrom - SVP Global Architectural Coatings since 2022

FY2023

DEF 14A filed 2024-03-07

CEO: Timothy M. Knavish
CEO span: 6
C-suite: 4
Avg tenure: 5.2 yr

Business-unit SVP model established.

Named executive officers (4)

Timothy M. Knavish - Chairman and CEO since 2019
Vincent J. Morales - SVP & CFO since 2016
Anne M. Foulkes - SVP Legal since 2020
K. Henrik Bergstrom - SVP Global Architectural Coatings since 2022

Year-over-year changes

FY2024 → FY2025

Operations leadership elevated to SVP, increasing CEO span.

CEO span: 6 → 7
C-suite size: 4 → 5
Avg tenure: 4.6 → 4.1 yr

new Kevin D. Braun - SVP Operations (DEF 14A 2026-03-05)

FY2023 → FY2024

No major C‑suite changes year over year.

The board

Board of directors

2 directors. 1 of 2 independent (50%). Source: most recent DEF 14A.

Timothy M. Knavish

Chair Inside

Chairman and CEO, PPG Industries

Director since 2019

Michael W. Lamach

Lead Indep. Independent

Former CEO, Ingersoll Rand

Director since 2018

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the CEO of PPG Industries?

Timothy M. Knavish has served as Chairman and CEO since 2019.

What type of organizational structure does PPG Industries use?

PPG uses a hybrid enterprise structure with global coatings businesses and centralized functions.

How many direct reports does PPG Industries's CEO have?

The CEO has seven direct reports spanning business units and corporate functions.

How has PPG Industries's leadership changed recently?

In April 2026, PPG announced the retirement of CFO Vincent Morales and the appointment of Jamie Beggs as his successor effective July 2026.

Does PPG Industries have a COO?

No. Operations report directly to the CEO through the Senior Vice President, Operations role.

Sources

8-K Filing, Apr 2026
SEC EDGAR: PPG Industries, Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement
SEC EDGAR: PPG Industries, Inc. 10-K Annual Report

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