Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Anne Foulkes is senior vice president and general counsel for PPG. She has served on PPG's executive and operating committees since 2018 and is the executive sponsor of PPG’s LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Network.
Foulkes joined PPG in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1995, initially supporting the chemicals group on commercial and contract legal matters. Since that time, she has worked in a number of roles of increasing responsibility, including providing legal support to all of the company’s business units and the environment, health and safety (EHS) function, and serving as counsel for the corporate development group, providing legal support for global acquisition and divestiture activities. In 2005, Foulkes was promoted to corporate counsel with responsibility for all commercial, antitrust, labor and employment, and intellectual property legal matters for the aerospace, architectural coatings, automotive refinish, and performance and marine coatings businesses, and in 2010, she was promoted to assistant general counsel.
Foulkes was appointed assistant general counsel and secretary of the company in 2011 and then in 2016, was elected as vice president, associate general counsel and secretary. She was elected an executive officer in 2018 and named to her current role. As vice president, associate general counsel and secretary, her responsibilities included leading and managing legal support for the commercial, antitrust, corporate development, labor and employment, and intellectual property matters for all PPG strategic business units, the Latin America region and securities, finance and corporate governance matters. In her current role, Foulkes has responsibility for PPG’s global legal and compliance matters as well as USCA government affairs activities.
Prior to joining PPG, Foulkes was a litigation attorney with the law firm of Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott in Pittsburgh.
She earned a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University and a law degree from The Dickinson School of Law.
Foulkes is a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel and served on the board of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank from 2011 to 2021. She currently serves on the Board of the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania.