---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000079879-24-000197"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PPG"
cik: "0000079879"
company_name: "PPG INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T01:42:51.481214+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PPG announces SVP Operations retirement; Kevin Braun to succeed Ram Vadlamannati

## Summary
- Ram Vadlamannati, SVP Operations, will step down effective Oct 1, 2024 and retire from PPG by Dec 31, 2024.
- Kevin Braun, currently SVP Industrial Coatings, will become SVP Operations starting Oct 1, 2024.
- Automotive OEM and industrial coatings businesses will report directly to CEO Tim Knavish as part of the transition.
- Vadlamannati spent 25 years at PPG; Braun joined in 1991 and held various leadership roles.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000079879-24-000197
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PPG
- cik: 0000079879
- company_name: PPG INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987924000197/0000079879-24-000197-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987924000197/ppg-20240920.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000079879-24-000197
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000079879-24-000197.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000079879-24-000197.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ramaprasad Vadlamannati departed as Senior Vice President, Operations at PPG INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Operations
  source text: Ramaprasad Vadlamannati, Senior Vice President, Operations of PPG Industries, Inc. (the “Company”), has announced his intention to retire from the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987924000197/0000079879-24-000197-index.htm

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