Menezes will also join the Air Products Board. The Board of Directors also has named Wayne T. Smith as Chairman and Dennis H. Reilley as Vice Chairman. They will work closely with Mr. Menezes, the full Board, and Air Products’ leadership to advance the Company. 

Commenting on the appointment of Eduardo Menezes, Smith noted, “After evaluating various exceptional candidates for the CEO role, the Board determined that Eduardo’s knowledge, skills and extensive experience in the industrial gases sector, including more than three-and-a-half decades in progressively senior roles at Linde plc and operating experience across the world, make him uniquely qualified to take Air Products forward and maximize value for shareholders.” 
 
Menezes added, “Air Products is a fantastic company with a great future, and I am honored to have this opportunity to work with the talented team to build on the Company’s strong positions. I look forward to applying the experiences and perspectives I’ve gained in working across various sectors of industrial gases in different countries around the world. With our collective focus and discipline, I am confident in our ability to drive superior value.”  
 
Menezes brings extensive international experience in all key sectors of industrial gases, including on-sites, merchant liquid, packaged gases, and hydrogen. At his last position, he was the executive vice president (EVP) of Linde for Europe, Middle East and Africa, with responsibility for operations in more than 40 countries with over $8 billion (€7.68 billion) in sales and 18,000 employees. Prior to that, he worked for Praxair in a variety of senior roles, including as EVP accountable for North America and in a series of general management and business development positions in the US, Spain, Mexico and Brazil.