John Crowe

John Crowe was named President and CEO of Saint-Gobain Corp. and Certain Teed Corp., the company’s largest North American subsidiary.

Crowe will act as the company’s representative in North America, overseeing the company’s North American businesses and chairing the company’s Executive Committee. In this role, Crowe succeeds Gilles Colas, who will return to Saint-Gobain’s Paris headquarters as Senior Vice President in charge of global strategic developments. Crowe will also assume operational responsibility for CertainTeed, replacing Peter Dachowski, who will retire as President and CEO on August 31 after 35 years of service in a wide variety of senior leadership roles at Saint-Gobain and CertainTeed.

With 30 years of experience within the Saint-Gobain Group, Crowe has held various leadership roles, most recently as President of Saint-Gobain’s global abrasives business where he was responsible for more than 13,000 employees and 75 manufacturing facilities in 24 countries.