
	Matt White was appointed senior vice president&nbsp;and chief financial officer of Praxair, Inc. in 2014.

	White joined Praxair in 2004 as finance director of Praxair&rsquo;s largest business unit, North American Industrial Gases.&nbsp; In 2008, he became vice president and controller of Praxair, Inc., then was named vice president and treasurer in 2010.&nbsp; In 2011, Matt was named president of Praxair Canada.&nbsp; Before joining Praxair, White was vice president, finance, at Fisher Scientific and before that he held various financial positions, including group controller, at GenTek, a manufacturing and performance chemicals company.&nbsp;

	White earned a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering from Penn State University and a master&rsquo;s degree in business administration-finance from the University of Delaware.&nbsp; He is a certified public accountant and a CFA charterholder.

	Praxair, Inc., a Fortune 250 company with 2013 sales of $12 billion, is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America and one of the largest worldwide. The company produces, sells and distributes atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and high-performance surface coatings. Praxair products, services and technologies are making our planet more productive by bringing efficiency and environmental benefits to a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage, electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and many others.&nbsp;
