PPG Appoints President, General Counsel of PPG EMEA

PPG has appointed Pedro Serret Salvat as president, PPG EMEA, effective immediately. In addition to this role, Serret Salvat retains his original role as general counsel, PPG EMEA, as well. He will continue to report to PPG senior vice president and general counsel, Anne Foulkes.

Serret Salvat succeeds Ram Vadlamannati who is transitioning to lead a newly created PPG operations organization while maintaining executive oversight accountability of the EMEA region, as previously announced.

“Since joining PPG, Pedro has demonstrated skilled leadership and a deep understanding of PPG’s businesses across the region,” Foulkes says. “Pedro will drive a One PPG approach across our operations in EMEA to maximize profitable growth through alignment and synergies across the region.”

Serret Salvat joined PPG in 2011 as the regional head of legal affairs and was appointed as general counsel, EMEA in 2016. Prior to joining PPG, he worked as head of transactions for a Swiss-listed global company in Zurich and as legal director for a French-listed global company in Paris. Prior to his in-house practice, he also worked in private practice in Brussels in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, and antitrust law. Serret Salvat earned a degree in commercial law from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and an LLM in European law from the University of Liege.