---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000079879-21-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PPG"
cik: "0000079879"
company_name: "PPG INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T06:29:10.179343+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PPG CAO William Schaupp resigns; Brian Williams named acting CAO

## Summary
- William E. Schaupp, VP and Controller and CAO, resigned effective July 31, 2021.
- Schaupp leaves for a senior finance role at a Fortune 75 company.
- Brian R. Williams appointed Acting Controller and Acting CAO effective August 1, 2021.
- Williams joined PPG in 2005; previously Audit Senior Manager at Ernst & Young, CPA.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000079879-21-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PPG
- cik: 0000079879
- company_name: PPG INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987921000038/0000079879-21-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987921000038/ppg-20210706.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000079879-21-000038
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000079879-21-000038.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000079879-21-000038.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William E. Schaupp resigned as Vice President and Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at PPG INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Vice President and Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On July 6, 2021, William E. Schaupp, Vice President and Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of PPG Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) submitted his resignation, effective July 31, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987921000038/0000079879-21-000038-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brian R. Williams was appointed as Acting Controller and Acting Chief Accounting Officer at PPG INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Acting Controller and Acting Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Effective August 1, 2021, Brian R. Williams will serve as Acting Controller and Acting Chief Accounting Officer of the Company until a permanent replacement is appointed.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987921000038/0000079879-21-000038-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.