Air Products has announced that Matthew Lepore has been appointed Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) effective August 18, 2025.

 

Lepore brings 30 years of international legal, commercial and compliance expertise to the role.

 

Lepore will report to Chief Executive Officer Eduardo Menezes and be based at the Company’s global headquarters in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

 

Commenting on Lepore’s appointment, Menezes said, “Matt is a seasoned executive and respected leader with a track record of driving efficiency, developing teams and upholding excellence across legal, transactional and governance disciplines. We look forward to him joining Air Products and being part of our team.”

 

Lepore most recently served as Group General Counsel, President for Legal, Compliance and Insurance, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Human Rights Officer and Corporate Secretary at BASF (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), a role he held since 2021.

 

Prior to that, Lepore served as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Legal at BASF from 2018 to 2021; as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary at BASF Corporation (New Jersey) from 2014 to 2018; and as Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer at Pfizer, (New York) from 2008 to 2014. Before Pfizer, Lepore was a partner at law firm DLA Piper, US LLP in Washington, D.C. and prior to that, a trial attorney for the US Department of Justice. -OGN / TradeArabia News Service