LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
April 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Air
Products (NYSE: APD) today announced that Sean Major is appointed executive vice president
and general counsel (GC), effective May 1,
2017. Major comes to Air Products with 28 years of
international legal management, commercial and transactional, and
compliance and regulatory experience.
Major will be appointed as an executive officer of the company.
He will report to Chairman, President and CEO Seifi Ghasemi and will assume the Company's GC
responsibilities from Mary
Afflerbach, vice president, corporate secretary
and chief governance officer, who has been serving as the
Company's GC on an interim basis. Major will be based in
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Commenting on the appointment, Ghasemi said, "Sean is a superb
addition to Air Products' executive leadership team, bringing deep
expertise leading a full range of legal aspects. In addition,
Sean's business savvy and international transactional experience in
the U.S., Europe, Asia, and the Middle
East will be great assets to Air Products as we continue to
pursue our opportunities around the world."
Major joins Air Products from Joy Global, where he served as
executive vice president, general counsel and secretary since 2007.
Prior to Joy Global, Major served for nine years in roles of
increasing legal responsibility with Johnson Controls, Inc.,
including as general counsel—Asia, and as vice president and
general counsel—International. He began his in-house career with
Abbott Laboratories as counsel—International after working for
seven years in private practice with law firms in Chicago and Tokyo.
Major holds a B.A. in Economics from DePauw
University, a J.D. from Indiana
University School of Law, and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School
of Management.
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a
world-leading Industrial Gases company in operation for over 75
years. The Company's core industrial gases business provides
atmospheric and process gases and related equipment to
manufacturing markets, including refining and petrochemical,
metals, electronics, and food and beverage. Air Products is also
the world's leading supplier of liquefied natural gas process
technology and equipment.
The Company had fiscal 2016 sales of $7.5
billion from continuing operations in 50 countries and has a
current market capitalization of approximately $30 billion. Approximately 16,000 employees are
making Air Products the world's safest and best performing
industrial gases company, providing sustainable offerings and
excellent service to all customers. For more information, visit
www.airproducts.com.
NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements
within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are
based on management's reasonable expectations and assumptions as of
the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual
performance and financial results may differ materially from
projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking
statements because of many factors not anticipated by management,
including risk factors described in the Company's Form 10K for its
fiscal year ended September 30,
2016.
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