Timothy M. Knavish

Tim Knavish is chief operating officer of PPG Industries, Inc.(PPG) responsible for all of PPG’s strategic business units and operating regions and for the information technology (IT), environment, health and safety (EH&S), and procurement functions. He was appointed to this position in March 2022.

Knavish joined PPG in flat glass engineering in 1987, based at the corporate headquarters in Pittsburgh. He then advanced through roles including process engineer, supervisor of technical services, manager of operations planning and scheduling, and superintendent of production in PPG’s flat glass and former automotive glass businesses before joining the architectural coatings business in 2000, as plant manager for the East Point, Georgia, manufacturing facility.

In 2002, Knavish returned to Pittsburgh as director, supply chain, for the former automotive replacement glass business, and in 2004, he became global director, manufacturing and supply chain, for the automotive refinish coatings business. He moved to Australia in 2005 as managing director, Australia and New Zealand coatings, and general manager, automotive refinish. In 2007, Knavish assumed responsibility in Troy, Michigan, as general manager, automotive coatings, Americas, and in early 2010, he was named a vice president with the same scope of responsibility. He relocated to Pittsburgh in 2012 as global vice president, protective and marine coatings, and he returned to Troy in March 2016 as senior vice president, automotive coatings. Knavish returned to Pittsburgh in October 2017 as senior vice president, industrial coatings. In addition to global leadership of PPG’s industrial coatings, packaging coatings and coatings services businesses, Knavish was responsible for the global supply management function and for PPG’s Asia Pacific region. Since 2019, Knavish served as executive vice president, responsible for the global architectural coatings businesses; the global automotive refinish business; the Latin America region; and the digital and information technology functions.

A native of Pittsburgh, Tim earned both a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh.