---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000079879-26-000164"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PPG"
cik: "0000079879"
company_name: "PPG INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T03:26:51.550911+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PPG appoints Jamie Beggs as CFO, succeeding Vince Morales effective July 6, 2026

## Summary
- Jamie Beggs, former Avient CFO, to become PPG SVP & CFO on July 6, 2026; succeeds Vince Morales retiring after 41 years.
- Compensation includes $800K base salary, $350K signing bonus, $3.2M RSU grant (3-yr vest), and 2026 prorated target bonus of $800K.
- Beggs also receives 2026 equity grant valued at $2.5M (stock options, RSUs, performance RSUs, TSR shares) under Omnibus Incentive Plan.
- Beggs will lead corporate development and IT; prior purchases from Avient (~$524K in 2025) were de minimis (<1% of revenue).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000079879-26-000164
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PPG
- cik: 0000079879
- company_name: PPG INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987926000164/0000079879-26-000164-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987926000164/ppg-20260428.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000079879-26-000164
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000079879-26-000164.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jamie A. Beggs was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at PPG INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On April 28, 2026, PPG Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Jamie A. Beggs will join the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective July 6, 2026 upon the previously reported retirement of Vincent J. Morales which will also be effective July 6, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987926000164/0000079879-26-000164-index.htm
- Executive change
  Vincent J. Morales departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at PPG INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: retirement
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On April 28, 2026, PPG Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Jamie A. Beggs will join the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective July 6, 2026 upon the previously reported retirement of Vincent J. Morales which will also be effective July 6, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987926000164/0000079879-26-000164-index.htm

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