Honeywell International Inc. announced that Lucian Boldea, age 52, has been appointed to the newly created position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Industrial Automation, and Ken West, age 46, has been appointed to the newly created position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Energy and Sustainability Solutions. Both appointments will be effective January 1, 2024. Mr. Boldea and Mr. West will report to Vimal Kapur, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and will each serve as an executive officer of the Company.

Mr. Boldea currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of PMT, a position he has held since October 2022. He joined Honeywell from Eastman Chemical where he was the Executive Vice President of Additives & Functional Products and Chemical Intermediates. Mr. Boldea joined Eastman in 1997 and held a variety of leadership roles during his tenure there, including Technology Director for Performance Chemicals and Intermediates, Director of Corporate Growth Platforms, and Vice President and General Manager of Specialty Plastics.

Mr. Boldea holds a bachelor?s degree in chemistry from the University of West Florida, a doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of Florida, and an MBA in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. West currently serves as President of Honeywell UOP. Mr. West joined Honeywell in 2018 and has served in roles of increasing responsibility in PMT, including President of the Advanced Materials business from January 2022 to July 2023, Vice President and General Manager of the Fluorine Products business from April 2021 to January 2022, Vice President and General Manager of the Life Sciences, Protective, and Industrial Products business from June 2020 to April 2021, and Vice President and General Manager of the Packaging and Composites business from October 2018 to June 2020.

Prior to joining Honeywell, Mr. West worked for PPG Industries, where he served as Vice President of PPG?s Global Packaging Coatings business and Director of Specialty Products for PPG?s Architectural Coatings business. Mr. West holds a bachelor?s degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.