Guardian names new President and CEO

Published 2nd January, 2013 by Nadine Firth

Guardian Industries has appointed a new President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ron Vaupel (pictured), effective 1^st January 2013.

Mr Vaupel most recently served as Vice President of business development for Koch Industries, which has acquired a minority stake in Guardian. The companies had announced the pending acquisition in October 2012 and it has now been completed.

According to a statement from Guardian, the sale of the minority stake to Koch “was the result of a comprehensive and deliberate process by the company’s board of directors to create a long-term ownership structure that aligns the needs of all stakeholders.”