Chancey E. Hagerty
Chancey Hagerty is senior vice president, global automotive refinish coatings, PPG. In addition to his global leadership role in automotive refinish coatings, Hagerty has leadership oversight for the Asia-Pacific region, aerospace business and PPG Advanced Surface Technologies, a joint venture with entrotech, Inc., focused on clear protective film and paint film technology. He has been a member of PPG’s operating committee since January 2019.
Hagerty began his career with PPG in 1996 at the chemical plant in Natrium, W.Va., and transitioned to a plant engineer role at PPG’s Springdale, Pa., manufacturing facility two years later before moving into an industrial coatings sales position.
In the years that followed, he went on to hold high-level operational, marketing and commercial roles in PPG’s industrial coatings and automotive OEM coatings businesses, including serving as the business director for building products, consumer electronics and transportation coatings.
Hagerty relocated to Rolle, Switzerland, in 2015 to serve as the industrial coatings general manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa. He returned to the Pittsburgh, Pa., area in 2019 when he was elected as vice president, global industrial coatings and then was appointed as vice president of global automotive refinish coatings in 2020.
A native of Pittsburgh, Chancey earned a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from West Virginia University and a master of business administration degree from the University of Pittsburgh.