PPG Elects Sharick VP of Development, Giga VP of Strategic Planning
1 December 2000
PPG Elects Sharick VP of Development, Giga VP of Strategic Planning
PITTSBURGH--Dec. 1, 2000--David E. Sharick, PPG Industries' director of corporate development, has been elected vice president. Aziz S. Giga, director of strategic planning, also was elected vice president, reporting to Sharick.Sharick, 45, joined the company as internal audit manager in 1985 and was named manager, financial accounting, in 1986. He moved to glass and fiber glass in 1990, advancing through a series of financial assignments until he was appointed controller for those businesses in 1994. He assumed controller responsibilities for PPG's chemicals businesses as well in 1999. Sharick became corporate development director earlier this year.
Before joining PPG, Sharick was audit manager at Coopers & Lybrand's Pittsburgh office. He earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from St. Francis (Pa.) College and a master's degree in business administration from the Katz Graduate School of Business of the University of Pittsburgh.
Giga, 53, began his PPG career in 1977 as a chemicals strategic planning analyst. Following a series of market research and planning posts, he was named manager of strategic planning, chemicals, in 1985. Giga became director of corporate planning in 1988 and assistant treasurer, global finance, in 1992. He was named controller and director of new business development, chemicals, in 1995 and became strategic planning director in 1997.
A native of Kenya, Giga earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Makerere University in Uganda. He received a doctorate in chemistry from Brandeis University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago.
PPG is a leading global supplier of coatings, glass, fiber glass and chemicals. With about 120 production operations in 23 states in the United States and 22 other countries, PPG's 1999 sales totaled $7.8 billion.
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