RPM Appoints New Vice President, Controller and CAO
MEDINA, OH — RPM International Inc. recently announced that Michael J. Laroche, Chief Financial Officer of its Specialty Products Group (SPG) operating segment, has been appointed Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) for RPM, effective Nov. 1. He will succeed Keith Smiley, current RPM Vice President of Finance and Controller, who previously announced he will retire from his role in October.
Laroche joined SPG in 2016 as Controller and was promoted to Vice President and Controller before rising to the position of CFO. Before joining the company, he was a Senior Manager at PwC. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a master’s degree in accounting from the State University of New York at Albany. Laroche is also a certified public accountant.