Myers Industries has appointed David Banyard as its president and CEO, effective Dec. 7, 2015.
Banyard, who also will be elected to the company’s board of directors, succeeds John Orr, who has been named vice chairman until his retirement from the company and as a director on Dec. 31.
Prior to the appointment, Banyard served as group president of fluid handling technologies for Roper Technologies. Before that, he successive leadership roles at Danaher Corp., culminating with his leadership of the vehicle systems business unit of Kollmorgen, based in Stockholm, Sweden.