MSA Safety Inc. (NYSE: MSA) announced that Octavio Marquez, president and chief executive officer of Diebold Nixdorf, has been elected to its board of directors, according to a company press release dated July 21, 2026.

The election was described as part of the MSA board's regular succession plans.

Marquez joined Diebold Nixdorf in 2014 and has held senior leadership roles within the company's Global Banking organization and its Americas region, including as executive vice president of Global Banking and senior vice president of the Americas. Before joining Diebold Nixdorf, he held leadership positions at Dell EMC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM and NCR.

Robert A. Bruggeworth, MSA chairman, said Marquez "brings a broad range of executive leadership experience, including strategy development, capital allocation, business transformation and serving international markets."

Marquez holds a degree in business and finance from Universidad Iberoamericana and has completed executive education programs at MIT Sloan, The Wharton School and The University of Texas at Austin.

MSA Safety, headquartered in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, reported 2025 revenues of $1.9 billion and employs approximately 5,300 people across more than 40 international locations.