MSA Safety, Incorporated named Larry De Maria, CFA, as its Executive Director, Investor Relations. He will report to Lee McChesney, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and will also serve on MSA's Global Finance Leadership Team. Mr. De Maria joins MSA Safety from William Blair & Company where he served as Group Head, Global Industrial Infrastructure, Equity Research.

Prior to joining William Blair in 2011, he was an equity research analyst at Sterne Agee where he co-managed the Global Industrial Infrastructure Group. He also held roles in institutional equities at Prudential Equity Group and A.G. Edwards. Chris Hepler, who has served as Executive Director of Corporate Development and Investor Relations since 2021, will now lead MSA's corporate development function.

In this role, he will focus on and expand MSA's acquisition and inorganic investment activities in line with the company's strategic objectives.