Nelson Squires

Nelson Squires was named executive vice president and general manager - electrical & electronic solutions of Wesco International in June 2020. Before this appointment, he held the role of senior vice president and chief operating officer from October 2019 to May 2020, group vice president and general manager for Canada and international from January 2018 to September 2019, and group vice president and general manager of Wesco’s Canadian operations from August 2015 to January 2018. Before joining Wesco, he was vice president and general manager of North American gases and president of Air Products Canada Limited for Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Nelson joined Air Products in 1989 as a sales engineer and earned numerous assignments of increasing responsibility in region and general management positions, mergers and acquisitions and investor relations. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Wake Forest University.