Quanex Building Products Corporation announced that George Wilson, Quanex’s chief operating officer, has been elected by the company’s board of directors to succeed Bill Griffiths as Quanex’s president and chief executive officer. Wilson will also join the company’s board. Griffiths will remain as executive chairman of the board and will continue to support Wilson.
Prior to Wilson’s appointment to chief operating officer in 2017, he served as president – Insulating Glass Systems from 2011-2017, and in the 18 years prior to joining Quanex he held various operational and financial positions of increasing responsibility at Lauren International and Federal-Mogul. Wilson holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Science degree from The University of Akron.
Published in the February 2020 Edition