MSA Safety Incorporated Appoints Richard Roda as Its Chief Legal Officer
June 27, 2023 at 06:01 pm IST
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MSA Safety Incorporated has elected Richard Roda as its Chief Legal Officer. Mr. Roda succeeds Stephanie Sciullo, who was recently named President of the company's Americas business segment. A 28-year veteran of the company, Mr. Roda most recently served as Deputy General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer. As Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer, Mr. Roda will have responsibility for the company's global legal function and will report to Nish Vartanian, MSA Chairman and CEO. For several years, Rick has served as an integral leader across MSA and has helped guide organization through many periods of change. He has also overseen the legal work related to every MSA
acquisition over the past two decades, and he guided efforts that resulted in the modernized legal structure that MSA has in place today. Mr. Roda joined MSA Safety in 1995 after graduating from Westminster College (Pa.) with a degree in English. He began his career as a Customer Service Representative, serving in a variety of sales support and product technical support roles. He graduated from Duquesne University Law School in 2001, and became a full-time commercial and transactional attorney for the company. Over his legal career with MSA, Mr. Roda has served in a variety of roles of increasing responsibility, including those focused on transactional, corporate legal and securities law functions. As Chief Compliance Officer, he oversaw the design and implementation of the company's ethics and compliance program.Mr. Roda will remain located at the company's global headquarters in Cranberry Township, Pa.
MSA Safety Incorporated provides advanced safety products, technologies and solutions. The Company's product line is used to protect workers and facility infrastructures. The Company's product portfolio includes firefighter safety gear where core products include self-contained breathing apparatus, protective apparel and helmets; detection where core products include fixed gas and flame detection systems and portable gas detection instruments, and industrial personal protective equipment where core products include industrial head protection and fall protection devices. Its segments include Americas, International and Corporate. The Company serves its markets across the Americas with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Mexico and Brazil. The International segment includes companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. It serves various markets, including fire service, energy, utility, construction and industrial manufacturing applications.
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