PPG Appoints Finance Vice President

PPG has appointed John Bruno as vice president, finance. Bruno previously served as vice president, investor relations at PPG. Bruno continues to report to Vince Morales, PPG senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Bruno also continues to serve as PPG’s primary investor relations contact until his successor is named.

In this role, Bruno will influence key organic growth and strategy initiatives for all of PPG’s strategic business units. He will also help to drive manufacturing efficiencies, optimize cost structures and focus on improved working capital and cash generation across the entire enterprise.

Bruno has held a variety of diverse finance roles of increasing responsibility during his 28 years with PPG, including business-specific finance support as well as broad corporate roles. Prior to assuming the investor relations role in 2017, he served as PPG’s regional CFO for the Asia-Pacific region where he supported PPG expansion and profitable sales growth in the region. Bruno also spent several years in Europe serving as a key integration lead for PPG’s acquisition of SigmaKalon, where he helped drive synergy capture and integration efficiencies. In prior finance roles, he was PPG’s director of internal audit and worked in other business finance leadership roles. Bruno also worked in various finance roles at U.S. Steel Corp. prior to joining PPG in 1995.

Bruno is a certified public accountant and earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and an MBA from Duquesne University.