PPG Appoints Sklarsky
PPG Industries said Frank S. Sklarsky will join the company as executive vice president for finance, effective April 15, reporting to Chairman and CEO Charles E. Bunch. Also, effective August 1, Sklarsky will be named PPG executive vice president and chief financial officer. David B. Navikas, currently PPG senior vice president, finance and chief financial officer, will continue in his current role until August 1, and will then continue as senior vice president in a senior leadership role that will be announced later. Most recently, Sklarsky was executive vice president and chief financial officer, Tyco International, Ltd., a global provider of security, fire protection and flow control solutions with revenues that exceeded $17 billion.
Jo-Kell Names New VPs
Jo-Kell Inc., an electrical distributions and engineering company, announced the appointment of John Fischetti as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Prior to joining Jo-Kell, Fischetti most recently served as Director of Operations at The Noerr Programs Corp. and previous to that he was Worldwide Retail Operations Manager for Eastman Kodak TE Division. Jo-Kell Inc. also announced the appointment of Jim Baur as Vice President of Business Development. Baur will develop customer and vendor relationships and introduce product enhancements to the Jo-Kell product lines. Prior to joining Jo-Kell, Baur served as Director of Engineered Products & Automation at W&O Supply in Jacksonville, Florida.
Panama Canal Commits to Sustainable Development and the Environment
In a move affirming their commitment to sustainable development and the environment, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced today that Administrator Alberto Alemán Zubieta and Juan Hector Díaz, Director for Environment and Security, attended the World Business Council on Sustainable Development's (WBCSD) annual meeting in Washington, D.C., as council member and delegate respectively. They joined chief executive officers and executives of major corporations and businesses, such as: 3M, British Petroleum, Eastman Kodak, Caterpillar, Ford Motor Company, General Motors and Time Warner, all members of the WBCSD. The ACP joined the WBCSD in August 2002.
