QXO Inc. (NYSE: QXO), a Greenwich, Connecticut-headquartered distributor and installer of building products, announced the appointment of Ken West as president and chief operating officer, effective Sept. 1.
West will report to CEO Brad Jacobs and be responsible for QXO’s day-to-day operations. He joins the company from Honeywell Technologies, where he most recently served as president and CEO of Honeywell Process Technology. While at Honeywell, he was responsible for the acquisition of Johnson Matthey’s Catalyst Technologies business and spearheaded its integration.
Before Honeywell, West spent 13 years at PPG Industries, where he served as global vice president of packaging coatings and held leadership roles in operations, integration, corporate planning, and finance.
“Ken is an exceptional operator with the executional rigor to lead QXO’s operations,” said Jacobs. “He has demonstrated an ability to achieve outstanding results across a number of industrial businesses. His leadership will be instrumental as we look to scale our platform and deliver outsized shareholder value.”
“I’m excited to join QXO at this pivotal moment in its growth,” West said. “We have an extraordinary opportunity to build the preeminent company in the building products industry, and I’m eager to help transform the QXO team’s bold vision into reality.”
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