Michael H. McGarry

Michael H. McGarry is chairman and chief executive officer of PPG. He transitioned to the role of CEO in September 2015 and joined the company’s board of directors in July 2015 after serving as president and chief operating officer beginning in March 2015. He began his role as chairman September 2016.

McGarry joined PPG in 1981 as an engineer at the company’s Lake Charles, Louisiana, chemicals complex. He then progressed through management assignments such as market development manager, silica products; operations manager, silicas, Thailand; business manager, TESLIN® sheet; and product manager in the derivatives, chlorine, liquid and dry caustic soda businesses.

In 2000, McGarry became general manager, fine chemicals, and in 2004 he was named vice president, chlor-alkali and derivatives. He relocated to PPG’s European headquarters in Rolle, Switzerland, as vice president, coatings, Europe, and managing director, PPG Europe, in 2006. McGarry returned to the U.S. as senior vice president, Commodity Chemicals, in 2008, and he was elected executive vice president in 2012 and chief operating officer in August 2014.

McGarry is a former member on the board of Axiall Corporation (NYSE: AXLL). He is a former director of Pittsburgh Glass Works LLC.

A native of New Orleans, McGarry is a mechanical engineering graduate of the University of Texas and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Teslin is a registered trademark of PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.