LEHIGH
VALLEY, Pa., Nov. 16,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jessica
T. Graziano, a senior executive with more than 20 years of
financial leadership experience, has been elected to Air Products'
(NYSE:APD) Board of Directors effective December 1, 2023. Ms. Graziano will sit on the
Audit and Finance Committee and the Corporate Governance and
Nominating Committee.
"We are delighted to welcome Jessica to the Air Products Board,"
said Air Products' Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Seifi Ghasemi. "We look forward to
applying her deep financial and operational expertise as we drive
our core industrial gas business and execute our clean hydrogen
megaprojects around the world to decarbonize the transportation and
industrial sectors."
Ms. Graziano has served as senior vice president and chief
financial officer of United States Steel Corporation since
August 2022, leading all aspects of
finance, including financial planning and analysis, corporate
accounting, tax, treasury, pension investments and investor
relations, as well as labor relations, real estate and sales and
operations planning functions. Prior to joining United States Steel
Corporation, Ms. Graziano spent eight years with United Rentals,
Inc., the world's largest equipment rental provider, culminating in
her position as executive vice president and chief financial
officer from 2018 through July 2022.
In this role, she was responsible for all finance functions and
participated in making key operational, acquisition and global
expansion decisions. Previously, Ms. Graziano spent five years at
Revlon, Inc., where she advanced through positions of increasing
responsibility before being named senior vice president, chief
accounting officer and corporate controller. Prior to Revlon, she
served in a variety of senior leadership roles in the areas of
internal audit, financial reporting and financial planning and
analysis.
Ms. Graziano holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy
from Villanova University and a Master
of Business Administration in Finance from Fairfield University. She is a certified public
accountant.
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading industrial gases company
in operation for over 80 years focused on serving energy,
environmental, and emerging markets. The Company has two growth
pillars driven by sustainability. Air Products' base business
provides essential industrial gases, related equipment and
applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries,
including refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing,
and food. The Company also develops, engineers, builds, owns and
operates some of the world's largest clean hydrogen projects
supporting the transition to low- and zero-carbon energy in the
heavy-duty transportation and industrial sectors. Additionally, Air
Products is the world leader in the supply of liquefied natural gas
process technology and equipment, and provides turbomachinery,
membrane systems and cryogenic containers globally.
The Company had fiscal 2023 sales of $12.6 billion from operations in approximately 50
countries and has a current market capitalization of about
$60 billion. Approximately 23,000
passionate, talented and committed employees from diverse
backgrounds are driven by Air Products' higher purpose to create
innovative solutions that benefit the environment, enhance
sustainability and reimagine what's possible to address the
challenges facing customers, communities, and the world. For more
information, visit www.airproducts.com or follow us on
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release contains "forward-looking statements" within the safe
harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management's
expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release and are
not guarantees of future performance. While forward-looking
statements are made in good faith and based on assumptions,
expectations and projections that management believes are
reasonable based on currently available information, actual
performance and financial results may differ materially from
projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking
statements because of many factors, including risk factors
described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended September 30, 2023.
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undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statements
contained herein to reflect any change in the assumptions, beliefs,
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