VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Barry Law, President of the Master Painters Institute (MPI), announced the appointment of Davis Kyle as Executive Vice President of the MPI.

Among his responsibilities, Kyle will work to expand the use of coating standards within the facility management sector across North America. He will be based in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Kyle has spent more than 30 years in the coatings industry with a number of coating manufacturers including PPG, Akzo Nobel, and the last 12 years at General Paint (latterly as the Vice President of Marketing). At General Paint, Kyle was also responsible for the designing and implementation of programs targeted at the specification and property management sectors.