Shelley Bausch

President, Global Industrial Coatings


Ms. Bausch is President, Global Industrial Coatings at Axalta. She leads Axalta’s Industrial Coatings businesses, which include energy solutions, coil, wood, general industrial and powder coatings, and drives expansion into new industrial coatings markets. Previously, Ms. Bausch led the Asia Pacific region and the Fluid Technologies business unit for the Carlisle Companies Inc., a manufacturer of engineered products used in roofing, architectural metal, aerospace, medical technologies, industrial, transportation, refinish, and agriculture, mining and construction equipment markets. Before Carlisle, she led the Industrial Coatings business for PPG from 2014 to 2017 and spent 25 years at Dow Corning Corporation in a variety of senior management and commercial roles, including several years in Shanghai, China. Since 2023, Ms. Bausch has served on the board of directors of GATX Corporation, a leading global lessor of transportation assets including railcars and aircraft spare engines, where she also serves on the Audit Committee and Governance Committee. Ms. Bausch served on the board of directors of Kraton Corporation from 2017-2022. She earned a B.S. in Business Administration, summa cum laude, from Alma College and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan – Flint.