PPG Appoints VP Environment, Health and Safety

PPG announced that Lyndee Brassieur, formerly global director, industrial segment operations, specialty coatings and materials, has been named vice president, environment, health and safety (EHS). She will report to Ram Vadlamannati, senior vice president, operations. Brassieur succeeds Mark Cancilla, who retired from PPG, effective March 1, 2024.

In this role, Brassieur will be responsible for the company’s EHS and product stewardship organizations, leading global initiatives focusing on advancing employee safety, incident prevention, regulatory compliance, environmental performance and fostering a global culture of health and safety. She will work in close partnership with leaders from across the company to define EHS policies, develop a corporate strategy around health and safety, and implement tools and processes to achieve world-class EHS performance.

Brassieur was appointed to her current position in late 2022. Since then, she has played a key role in defining and overseeing the operations and manufacturing strategies at PPG’s SCM global manufacturing locations and leading efforts to bring EHS practices across the SCM business.

Brassieur began her PPG career in 1999 at the company’s Lake Charles facility in Westlake, Louisiana. In her 25 years of industrial experience, she held roles of increasing responsibility and management, with accountability for manufacturing excellence and continuous improvement, Six Sigma, Lean, and EHS management.

Brassieur holds a bachelor degree in chemical engineering with a concentration in environmental science from McNeese State University in Lake Charles.