Air Liquide Executive Vice-President Pascal Vinet announces retirement

Air Liquide’s Executive Vice-President, Pascal Vinet, has announced he will retire at the end of the year, bringing his 38-year career with the company to a close.

Vinet started working for the industrial gas major in 1986 after working for NASA in the US. In 1995, he was appointed CEO of Air Liquide Australia, and has held several leadership roles, including several C-suite positions within the group.

He was appointed as Executive-Vice President in 2023 and oversees the group’s industrial direction in addition to the group safety and industrial systems and the industrial merchant world business line.

François Jackow, CEO of Air Liquide, thanked Vinet for his contributions in the group’s success throughout his career. He also wished him well for his next chapter.

Air Liquide has confirmed that David Prinselaar as Vice-President, Industrial Direction and member of the group’s Executive Committee, effective 2^nd December 2024.

Prinselaar has a background in operations, supply chain and business transformation. He started his engineering career in Malaysia, after completing his Master of Science in Electro-Mechanical engineering, and then worked as a management consultant for five years.

In 2005, he joined Reckitt where several international management roles brought him to work in Europe, North America and South America for 10 years. He joined AkzoNobel in 2015 and was appointed as a member of the executive committee as chief supply chain officer in 2019.

Since 2022, Prinselaar has been the chief operating officer of Versuni, a global PE-owned leader in home appliances.

Jackow welcomed Prinselaar to the role. “His expertise in driving operational excellence, along with his proven track record in performance delivery and international business acumen will greatly benefit our newly created industrial direction.”

“Under his leadership, and by leveraging the scale of our group, simplifying our organisation and decision making, and setting new industrial standards, I am confident that our industrial direction will deliver enhanced levels of service and performance to our customers.”