Vice President
Environment, Health, Safety and Quality
Patrick F. Loughlin was appointed vice president of Environment, Health, Safety and Quality in February 2009. He is responsible for establishing EH&S policies and standards, setting and tracking performance goals, and providing resources and ensuring global consistency within the EH&S organization. In addition, he leads the global quality organization, which covers the company’s Global Operations organization and includes Federal Drug Administration activity.
Mr. Loughlin joined Air Products in 1988 as a participant in the company’s Career Development Program. Following a series of operations and plant management roles in Europe and North America, Mr. Loughlin moved to the commercial area, where he was named global marketing director for Polyurethane Chemicals in 1999. In 2003 he served as director, Performance Products in Tokyo, Japan, where he led the successful acquisition and integration of two strategic businesses for the global business. In 2005 Mr. Loughlin was assigned to Shanghai, China to lead the Asia Chemicals and Performance Materials businesses through a period of strategic repositioning and rapid growth. He returned to the U.S. in 2008 and held the position of director, Environment, Health and Safety–Americas before assuming his current position.
Mr. Loughlin was born in 1959 in Kingston, N.Y. He received a B.S. degree in chemistry from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1981, an M.S. degree in chemical engineering from Rutgers University in 1992, and an M.S.M. degree in management of technology from The Georgia Institute of Technology in 1998.
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