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John Stauch

John L. Stauch

Pentair President and Chief Executive Officer

John Stauch currently serves as Pentair President and Chief Executive Officer.

Prior to joining Pentair as chief financial officer in 2007, Stauch served as chief financial officer of the automation and control systems unit of Honeywell International Inc. Previously, he held a series of executive, investor relations and managerial finance roles with Honeywell International Inc. and its predecessor AlliedSignal Inc. He also served as chief financial officer and IT director of PerkinElmer Optoelectronics. Stauch serves as a director of Deluxe where he is currently the chair of the Audit committee and member of the Finance committee.

Stauch holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance from Michigan State University.

Adrian Chiu

Adrian C. Chiu

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT, WATER SOLUTIONS

Adrian Chiu currently serves as executive vice president and president of Pentair’s Water Solutions segment.

Chiu joined Pentair in 2011, most recently serving as chief human resources office and chief transformation officer. Prior to being named to the executive leadership team, he served as vice president, total rewards and HRIS, overseeing all aspects of compensation and benefits, as well as HR technology, and held a pivotal leadership role in the 2018 separation of Pentair’s electrical business which is now nVent Electric plc. Prior to joining Pentair, Chiu was a consultant at IBM, leading large-scale HR Technology and Transformation projects for global companies.

Chiu received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Management Information Systems at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Bob Fishman

Bob P. Fishman

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER 

Bob Fishman currently serves as executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief accounting officer of Pentair.

Prior to joining Pentair in 2020, Fishman was formerly executive vice president and chief financial and accounting officer for NCR Corporation from 2009 to 2018, after which he was a senior advisor to NCR until 2019. Fishman began working at NCR in 1996 and held numerous finance roles of increasing responsibility during his tenure. Prior to joining NCR, he held finance and treasury roles at AT&T Corporation and consulting and audit roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Fishman holds an HBA from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Tanya Hooper

TANYA L. HOOPER

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

Tanya Hooper currently serves as executive vice president and chief human resources officer of Pentair.

Hooper joined Pentair in 2022 and was previously vice president of global talent and corporate human resources at Honeywell. Prior to Honeywell, Tanya worked for Raytheon Technologies as the chief human resources officer and vice president of Collins Aerospace and prior to that, for Royal Dutch Shell where she held several human resources business partner roles with increasing responsibility over time.

Hooper received her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and her Master of Science degree in Human Resources Development from Louisiana State University.

Jerome Pedretti

JEROME O. PEDRETTI

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND Chief Executive Officer, POOL

Jerome Pedretti currently serves as executive vice president and chief executive officer of Pentair’s Pool segment.

Pedretti joined Pentair in 2005 and has held positions of increasing responsibility across Business Development, EMEA, Valves & Controls and Aquatic Systems. Prior to leading the Pool segment, he served as executive vice president and president of Pentair’s Industrial Flow Technologies segment. Previous to Pentair, he was a growth consultant for Bain and Company.

Pedretti earned his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from University of Nancy, France and his Master of Business Administration degree from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.

Steve Pilla

STEVE J. PILLA

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF SUPPLY CHAIN OFFICER AND CHIEF TRANSFORMATION OFFICER

Steve Pilla currently serves as executive vice president, chief supply chain officer and chief transformation officer of Pentair.

Pilla was previously vice president and chief supply chain officer at Red Wing Shoe Company, leading its global manufacturing, supply, logistics distribution, quality, and engineering functions. Prior to Red Wing Shoe Company, Pilla worked at Pentair for approximately 15 years as vice president and general manager of Pentair’s enclosures business prior to the spin-off of its electrical business, now nVent Electric plc. Prior to that, he held a variety of roles at Pentair with increasing responsibility, including vice president of global operations and supply chain.

Pilla earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Marketing from Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota.

Karla Robertson

Karla C. Robertson

Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Social Responsibility Officer

Karla Robertson currently serves as executive vice president, general counsel, secretary and chief social responsibility officer of Pentair.

Prior to joining Pentair in 2017, Robertson served as executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary at SUPERVALU Inc. and led the company’s legal, compliance, risk and insurance, food safety, and communications teams.  Prior to that role, she held several positions of increasing responsibility at SUPERVALU.  Prior to SUPERVALU, Robertson was in-house employment counsel at Target Corporation, worked in private practice at Faegre & Benson LLP (currently Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP) and served as a judicial law clerk for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

Robertson holds her J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and her B.A. from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Philip M. Rolchigo, Ph.D.

Philip M. Rolchigo, Ph.D.

Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Philip M. Rolchigo, Ph.D. currently serves as executive vice president, chief technology officer (CTO) for Pentair.

Rolchigo is a recognized thought leader in the field of water and wastewater treatment technologies. He served on the National Academy of Sciences’ Advancing Desalination Technology committee and has received 20 U.S. patents. Rolchigo also sits on a number of technology advisory boards including the Water Environment & Reuse Foundation’s Research Advisory Council. Prior to joining Pentair in 2007, he was CTO at Osmonics and held various leadership positions at GE Water & Process Technologies. 

Rolchigo holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Rochester, a Ph.D. in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and was an Industrial Research Affiliate in Chemical Engineering at MIT from 1990 to 1992.

De'Mon Wiggins

DE’MON L. WIGGINS

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT, INDUSTRIAL & FLOW TECHNOLOGIES

De’Mon Wiggins currently serves as executive vice president and president of Pentair’s Industrial & Flow Technologies segment.

Wiggins joined Pentair in 2010 and has held positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as group president of Pentair Pool. Prior to joining Pentair, Wiggins had over 13 years of experience in engineering and operational management roles with several global manufacturing companies including Mars and Ingersoll Rand.

Wiggins received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and his Master of Business Administration Degree at Pfeiffer University.

Board of Directors

Mona Abutaleb Stephenson

Mona Abutaleb Stephenson

Ms. Abutaleb Stephenson serves on the Board of Directors for Pentair. Ms. Abutaleb Stephenson has been the Chief Executive Officer of Medical Technology Solutions, LLC, a provider of technology solutions for the healthcare industry, since 2019. From 2013 to 2018, Ms. Abutaleb was the Chief Executive Officer of mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc., an IT outsourcing/ managed services and cloud services provider. From 2006 to 2013, Ms. Abutaleb served as President and Chief Operating Officer of mindSHIFT. In 2012, mindSHIFT was acquired by Best Buy Co., Inc. and then later, in 2014, was acquired by Ricoh Company, Ltd., a leading provider of document management solutions, IT services, printing, digital cameras and industrial systems. Ms. Abutaleb also served as Senior Vice President of Ricoh USA from 2015 to 2017 and Executive Vice President of Ricoh Global Services from 2017 to 2018.Prior to joining mindSHIFT, Ms. Abutaleb served in executive positions at Discovery Communications, Inc. from 2002 to 2005 and MCI WorldCom, Inc. and its predecessors from 1984 to 2002. Ms. Abutaleb serves as a Director of Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc., a community bank.

Melissa Barra

Melissa Barra

Ms. Barra serves on the Board of Directors for Pentair. Ms. Barra has been the Executive Vice President, Chief Sales and Services Officer for Sleep Number Corporation, a provider of individualized sleep experiences, since 2020. Since joining Sleep Number in 2013, she has also served as Vice President, Strategy and Consumer Insights from 2013 to 2015, Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy and Customer Relationship Officer from 2015 to 2019, and Senior Vice President, Chief Sales, Services and Strategy Officer from 2019 to 2020. Prior to joining Sleep Number, from 2005 to 2012, Ms. Barra held a variety of senior leadership roles in strategy, corporate development and finance for Best Buy Co., Inc. Previously, she also held strategy leadership and corporate finance roles domestically and internationally at Grupo Futuro, Citibank and GE Capital.

Tracey Doi

T. Michael Glenn

Ms. Doi serves on the Board of Directors for Pentair. Ms. Doi is the retired Group Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Toyota Motor North America where she was responsible for accounting, finance, tax and enterprise strategy. Also at Toyota Motor North America, Ms. Doi oversaw investments in Toyota’s products, manufacturing footprint, supply chain and technology, and led initiatives to drive business results. Ms. Doi serves on the board of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated and as an independent trustee for SunAmerica Series Trust and Seasons Series Trust, and is an active member of her community through her not-for-profit board service. This includes serving on the boards of the National Association of Corporate Directors North Texas, 50/50 Women on Boards, International Women’s Forum – Dallas, National ACE Foundation and the Japanese American National Museum.

T. Michael Glenn

T. Michael Glenn

Mr. Glenn serves as the Chair of the Compensation Committee for Pentair. Mr. Glenn served as a Senior Advisor to Oak Hill Capital Partners, a private equity firm, from 2017 to August 2020. Since 2017, Mr. Glenn also has served on the board of directors of Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink, Inc.), a global communications and information technology services company, including as Chairman of the board of directors since May 2020. In 2019, Mr. Glenn was appointed to the board of directors of Safe Fleet Holdings, LLC, a provider of integrated safety platforms for fleets. From 1998 until his retirement in 2016, Mr. Glenn served as the Executive Vice President-Market Development and Corporate Communications of FedEx Corporation, a global provider of supply chain, transportation, business and related information services. From 2000 to 2016, Mr. Glenn also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of FedEx Corporate Services, responsible for all marketing, sales, customer service and retail operations functions for all FedEx Corporation operating companies, including FedEx Office. Mr. Glenn was formerly a director of Level 3 Communications, Inc. from 2012 to 2017, Deluxe Corporation from 2004 to 2007 and Renasant Corporation from 2008 to 2012.

Theodore L. Harris

Theodore Harris

Mr. Harris serves on the Board of Directors for Pentair. Mr. Harris has been the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Balchem Corporation, a provider of specialty performance ingredients and products for the food, nutritional, feed, pharmaceutical, medical sterilization and industrial industries, since 2015. Mr. Harris has served as Chairman of Balchem’s board of directors, since 2017. Prior to joining Balchem, Mr. Harris spent 11 years at Ashland, Inc., a global specialty chemical provider in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, adhesives, automotive, construction, energy, food and beverage, personal care, and pharmaceutical. Mr. Harris served in a variety of senior management positions at Ashland, including most recently as Senior Vice President and President, Performance Materials, from 2014 to 2015. Prior to this position, from 2011 to 2014, Mr. Harris served as Senior Vice President and President, Performance Materials & Ashland Supply Chain, and prior to that, Vice President and President, Performance Materials & Ashland Supply Chain. From 1993 to 2004, Mr. Harris served in a variety of senior level roles for FMC Corporation, a global provider of crop-protection products, where he last served as General Manager of the Food Ingredients Business.

David A. Jones

David Jones

Mr. Jones serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Pentair. Since 2008, Mr. Jones has been Senior Advisor to Oak Hill Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm. Mr. Jones was appointed to the board of directors of Checker’s/Rally’s Drive In Restaurants, Inc., a leading national restaurant chain in 2017. From 2012 to 2016, Mr. Jones served on the board of directors of The Hillman Group, a provider of fasteners and hardware items to large North American retailers. From 2016 to 2019, Mr. Jones served on the board of directors of Imagine! Print Solutions, a provider of in-store marketing solutions to leading national retailers, and from 2012 to 2020, Mr. Jones served on the board of directors of Earth Fare, Inc. a leading natural and organic food retailer, all Oak Hill Capital portfolio companies. From 1996 to 2007, Mr. Jones was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Spectrum Brands, Inc. (formerly Rayovac Corporation), a global consumer product company with major business segments in batteries, lighting, shaving/ grooming, personal care, small appliances, lawn and garden, household insecticides and various pet supply categories. Mr. Jones also served in leadership roles with Spectrum Brands, Rayovac, Thermoscan, The Regina Company, Electrolux Corp and General Electric.

Gregory E. Knight

Gregory Knight

Mr. Knight serves on the Board of Directors for Pentair. Mr. Knight served as the Executive Vice President, Customer Transformation and Business Services of CenterPoint Energy, Inc., an energy delivery company, from 2020 to January 2023. He was the Chief Customer Officer, US Energy and Utilities, of National Grid US, an energy delivery company, from 2019 to August 2020. Mr. Knight served at CenterPoint Energy as Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer, Utility and Commercial Businesses from 2014 to 2019 and Division Vice President, Customer Services from 2009 to 2014. Mr. Knight also previously served in management positions at Ricoh Americas from 2004 to 2009, Reliant retail energy from 2001 to 2004, Allen Knight Inc. from 2000 to 2001 and Verizon from 1992 to 2000.

Michael T. Speetzen

Michael Speetzen

Mr. Speetzen serves as the Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee for Pentair. Mr. Speetzen has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Inc., a global powersports leader with a product line-up that includes side-by-side and all-terrain off-road vehicles, motorcycles, boats, and snowmobiles, since May 2021. Prior to his current role at Polaris, Mr. Speetzen served as Interim Chief Executive Officer from January to May 2021 and Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer from 2015 to 2020. From 2011 to 2015, Mr. Speetzen was Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology equipment and service provider. Prior to joining Xylem, Mr. Speetzen served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ITT Fluid and Motion Control from 2009 to 2011, Chief Financial Officer for the StandardAero division of the private equity firm Dubai Aerospace Enterprise Ltd. from 2007 to 2009, and various positions of increasing responsibility in the finance functions at Honeywell International Inc. and General Electric Company.

John L. Stauch

John Stauch

Mr. Stauch is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Pentair plc, having previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Pentair from 2007 to 2018. Prior to joining Pentair, Mr. Stauch served as Chief Financial Officer of the Automation and Control Systems unit of Honeywell International Inc. from 2005 to 2007. Previously, Mr. Stauch served as Chief Financial Officer and Information Technology Director of PerkinElmer Optoelectronics and various executive, investor relations and managerial finance positions within Honeywell and its predecessor, AlliedSignal Inc., from 1994 to 2005. Mr. Stauch serves as a Director of Deluxe Corporation, where he is currently Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Finance Committee. Mr. Stauch holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance from Michigan State University.

Billie I. Williamson

Billie Williamson

Ms. Williamson serves as Chair of the Governance Committee for Pentair. Ms. Williamson has over three decades of experience auditing public companies as an employee and partner of Ernst & Young LLP. From 1998 to 2011, Ms. Williamson served Ernst & Young as a Senior Assurance Partner. Ms. Williamson was also Ernst & Young’s Americas Inclusiveness Officer, a member of its Americas Executive Board, which functions as the Board of Directors for Ernst & Young dealing with strategic and operational matters, and a member of the Ernst & Young U.S. Executive Board responsible for partnership matters for the firm. Ms. Williamson serves as a Director of Cricut Inc. Ms. Williamson has held other board positions with XL Group Ltd.  in 2008, of CSRA Inc. from 2015 to 2018, Janus Capital Group Inc. from 2015 to 2017, of Exelis Inc. from 2012 to 2015, and of Annie’s Inc. from 2012 to 2014.

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