Senior Vice President and General Manager,
Tonnage Gases, Equipment and Energy, and
China President
Stephen J. Jones was appointed senior vice president and general manager, Tonnage Gases, Equipment and Energy, in April 2009. He is responsible for developing and implementing strategy for Air Products’ global tonnage, equipment and energy businesses. In February 2010, he also assumed leadership responsibility for the company’s Environment, Health, Safety and Quality organization. In addition to these roles, Mr. Jones was appointed China President in June 2011 and is based at the company’s office in Shanghai. He is a member of Air Products’ Corporate Executive Committee.
Mr. Jones joined Air Products in 1992 as an attorney in the Law Group representing a number of different business areas and functions, including the Energy and Process Industries division, Performance Polymers, Packaged Plants and Treasury. In 2001 he transferred to California where he was named California area manager for Tonnage Gases with responsibility for the company’s profitable hydrogen activities on the West Coast. In 2003 Mr. Jones became vice president and general manager of the Industrial Chemicals Division where he was responsible for the profitability of the methylamines, higher amines and polyurethane intermediates businesses on a global basis. He was appointed vice president and associate general counsel in early 2007 and later that year was named senior vice president, general counsel and secretary.
Mr. Jones was born in 1961 in Philadelphia, Pa. He received a B.S. degree in economics from Bloomsburg University in 1983, an M.B.A. from Temple University in 1988, and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989. In 2007 he attended the INSEAD Advanced Management Program in Fontainebleau, France. Prior to joining Air Products, Mr. Jones practiced corporate law at Dechert LLP in Philadelphia, primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, and securities law.
Mr. Jones is a member of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Bar Associations. While located in the Lehigh Valley, Pa., he was active in the community and served on a number of boards for charitable institutions.
8/2011
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