PPG to appoint Robert J. Dellinger as senior vice president, finance, and CFO
PPG Industries announced that Robert J. Dellinger would be joining the company as senior vice president, finance, and chief financial officer designate, effective Sept. 8, 2009. He will officially assume the responsibilities of chief financial officer on Oct. 15, 2009.
Dellinger, 49, began his career with General Electric Co. (GE). Over a 19-year tenure with GE, Dellinger served in various positions in financial management, including as chief financial officer for GE Superabrasives, GE Plastics Pacific, GE Motors and Industrial Systems, and GE Employers Reinsurance Corp. Dellinger was appointed president and chief executive officer of GE Property and Casualty Reinsurance, Europe and Asia, and president and CEO of GE Frankona Re, based in Munich, Germany, in 2000. Dellinger left GE in 2002 to become executive vice president and CFO for Sprint Corp., and most recently spent three years as executive vice president and CFO for Delphi Corp. Dellinger holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Ohio Wesleyan University.
William H. Hernandez will continue as PPG’s CFO until Oct. 15. PPG announced in May that Hernandez would transition his responsibilities by the end of 2009.
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