Ben E. Meisenzahl

 

Senior Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer

The Sherwin-Williams Company

Ben Meisenzahl is Senior Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer at The Sherwin-Williams Company, a $23.05 billion global leader in the paint and coatings industry.

 

Since Mr. Meisenzahl joined Sherwin-Williams in 2004, he has held various financial and operational leadership roles across the Company’s business units and corporate functions, including several overseas expatriate assignments, and roles in the Company's Paint Stores Group, Performance Coatings Group and Global Supply Chain. He began his career at Sherwin-Williams as an internal auditor. He most recently served as Senior Vice President, Finance – Corporate, providing leadership oversight and strategic financial direction to the Treasury, Tax, Global Business Services and Finance Transformation teams.

 

Mr. Meisenzahl is Vice President and Chair of the Development Committee for GiGi's Playhouse – Cleveland, a locally run, federated nonprofit Down syndrome achievement center that provides free programs and tutoring to individuals with Down syndrome and their families. He also was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of Team NEO, an organization dedicated to strengthening the Northeast Ohio region’s economic development.

 

Mr. Meisenzahl holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Miami University of Ohio.