GCP Applied Technologies Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Simon M. Bates as its Chief Executive Officer effective October 1, 2020. Mr. Bates will succeed Randy Dearth, who has served as the company’s CEO since August 2019. Craig Merrill, GCP’s Chief Financial Officer will assume the combined role of Interim CEO and Chief Financial Officer until Mr. Bates joins the company on October 1, 2020. Most recently, Bates served as President, Infrastructure Products Group, a division of CRH plc.