MONTVALE, NJ - Benjamin Moore & Co. announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Denis Abrams has been named president, effective March 1. Abrams will remain chief operating officer, the company said. Abrams succeeds Yvan Dupuy, who remains chairman and CEO, as company president.
Abrams joined Benjamin Moore & Co. as director of Manufacturing following the company's 1995 acquisition of S.L. Gillman Paint, an Atlanta-based manufacturer of industrial coatings owned and operated by Abrams and his brothers. He was elected vice president-Operations in 1999 and was named executive vice president and chief operating officer in 2001.