PPG Industries hires Jamie Beggs as chief financial officer

10 articles · Updated · MarketWatch · Apr 28

Beggs, 49, will join PPG Industries from Avient on July 6 with a base salary of $800,000 and a $350,000 signing bonus.
She succeeds Vincent Morales, who is retiring after more than forty years at the Pittsburgh-based paint maker.
Beggs has served as Avient’s CFO since August 2020; Avient will replace her with Giuseppe Di Salvo following her June 1 departure.

Is PPG's new CFO being positioned as the next chief executive?

Does this new CFO hire signal PPG's pivot to high-tech industrial coatings?

Will the new CFO's M&A history spark a strategic shake-up at PPG?

Why did a successful CFO abruptly leave Avient for a key industry player?

How will the new CFO balance dividends with costly green-tech investments?