Air Products names Eduardo Menezes CEO, effective February 7, succeeding Seifi Ghasemi
Air Products said Eduardo F. Menezes will succeed Seifollah "Seifi" Ghasemi as chief executive officer effective February 7, 2025, and will join the board and its executive committee. The board also named Wayne T. Smith chairman and Dennis H. Reilley vice chairman, and Mr. Ghasemi is leaving the company under his existing employment agreement.
Key points
- Mr. Menezes, age 61, previously served as executive vice president of Linde plc for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with over $8 billion in sales and 18,000 employees
- Initial base salary of $1,270,000 and fiscal 2025 annual incentive target of 145% of base salary, pro-rated for partial year
- Fiscal 2025 equity incentive with an aggregate grant date fair value of $9,888,000, pro-rated, split 60% performance shares and 40% restricted stock units
- Mr. Ghasemi will receive severance and benefits under his Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated May 17, 2023
The filing
Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:42 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 04, 2025.
Briefs are written by AI from the filing text (each brief's own page names the model) and can contain mistakes — open the filing before acting on anything. Impact (1-5) and tone are the model's reading of the filing for shareholders, not a price forecast. Not investment advice.