|
|
Board of Directors
Patrick S. O'Keefe
Chief Executive Officer, President
Patrick S. O'Keefe joined our Company in August 2002. Prior to joining our Company, he served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Industrial Distribution Group, a supplier of maintenance, repair, operating and production products, from 1999 to 2001. He was Chief Executive Officer of Zep Manufacturing, a unit of National Service Industries and a manufacturer of specialty chemicals throughout North America, Europe and Australia, from 1997 to 1999. He has also held various senior management positions with Crane Co. from 1994 to 1997. |
 |
|
Robert L. Ayers
Robert L. Ayers was elected as a member of our Board of Directors in October 2006. Mr. Ayers was Senior Vice President of ITT Industries and President of ITT Industries’ Fluid Technology from October 1999 until September 2005. Mr. Ayers continued to be actively employed by ITT Industries from September 2005 until September 2006, during which time he focused on special projects for the company. ITT Industries’ Fluid Technology is engaged in the design, development, production, sale, and after-sale support of a broad range of pumps, mixers, controls and treatment systems for municipal, industrial, residential, agricultural and commercial applications. Mr. Ayers originally joined ITT Industries in 1998 as President of ITT Industries’ Industrial Pump Group. Before joining ITT Industries, Mr. Ayers was President of Sulzer Industrial USA and Chief Executive Officer of Sulzer Bingham, a pump manufacturer in Portland, Oregon. Prior to that, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. subsidiaries of Lanzagorta International and director of marketing and new business development at FMC Corporation’s Petroleum Equipment Group. From 1979 to 1985, Mr. Ayers was General Manager, Products, Sales and Engineering for National Supply (Drilling Equipment Division). From 1973 to 1979, Mr. Ayers held several management positions with Armco Inc. in Venezuela and Mexico, including Area Manager, Latin America. Mr. Ayers served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army from 1969 to 1971, including service in Vietnam. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Ayers served as Chairman of The Hydraulic Institute, North America’s leading fluid industry association. Mr. Ayers is a member of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce and holds chair 114 in the International Water Academy. Mr. Ayers holds an M.B.A. from Old Dominion University and a B.S.E.E. from The Virginia Military Institute.
|
|
|
Richard J. Cathcart
Richard J. Cathcart was elected as a member of our Board of Directors in October 2007. Mr. Cathcart was Vice Chairman and a member of the Board of Directors of Pentair, Inc. from February 2005 until his retirement in September 2007. Pentair is a diversified manufacturing company comprised of two operating segments: Water and Technical Products. Pentair’s Water Group provides products and systems used worldwide in the movement, storage, treatment and enjoyment of water. Mr. Cathcart began his career at Pentair in March 1995 as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, where he identified water as a strategic area of growth. In February 1996, Mr. Cathcart was named Executive Vice President and President of Pentair’s Water Technologies Group. Mr. Cathcart was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of Pentair’s Water Technologies Group in January 2001 and served in that capacity until his appointment as Vice Chairman in February 2005. As Vice Chairman, Mr. Cathcart led Pentair’s international business initiatives. Prior to joining Pentair, Mr. Cathcart held several management and business development positions during his 20-year career with Honeywell International Inc., including serving as Vice President and General Manager of Honeywell’s Worldwide Building Control Division. Mr. Cathcart holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering sciences from the United States Air Force Academy and he served as a fighter pilot and flight commander during the Vietnam War. Mr. Cathcart is also a member of the board of directors of Fluidra S.A. |
|
|
Timothy P. Horne
Timothy P. Horne has been a Director since 1962. He was employed by our Company since September 1959 and served as our President from 1976 to 1978, from 1994 to April 1997 and from October 1999 to August 2002. He served as Chief Executive Officer from 1978 to August 2002, and he served as Chairman of our Board of Directors from April 1986 to August 2002. He retired from our Company on December 31, 2002. |
|
|
Ralph E. Jackson Jr.
Ralph E. Jackson, Jr. was elected as a member of our Board of Directors in June 2004. Mr. Jackson worked for Cooper Industries, Inc. from 1985 until his retirement in 2003. Prior to joining Cooper Industries, Mr. Jackson worked for the Bussmann and Air Comfort divisions of McGraw-Edison from 1976 until McGraw-Edison was acquired by Cooper Industries in 1985. While with Cooper Industries, Mr. Jackson served as Chief Operating Officer from 2000 to 2003, Executive Vice President, Electrical Operations from 1992 to 2000, and President, Bussmann Division from the time McGraw-Edison was acquired by Cooper Industries to 1992. Mr. Jackson served as a member of the Board of Directors of Cooper Industries from 2000 to 2003, is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of Hope College and is a past Chairman of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association. Mr. Jackson has an MBA from Michigan State University and a BA in Business Administration from Hope College.
|
|
|
Kenneth J. McAvoy
Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Kenneth J. McAvoy was Controller of our Company from 1981 to 1986 and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from 1986 to 1999. He also served the offices of Vice President of Finance from 1984 to 1994; Executive Vice President of European Operations from 1994 to 1996; and Secretary from 1985 to 1999. He retired from our Company on December 31, 1999. |
|
|
Gordon W. Moran
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
Gordon W. Moran has been the Chairman of Hollingsworth & Vose Company, a paper manufacturer, since 1997, and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from 1983 to 1998. |
|
|
Daniel J. Murphy, III
Chairman of the Compensation Committee
Daniel J. Murphy, III has been the Chairman of Northmark Bank, a commercial bank, since August 1987. Prior to forming Northmark Bank in 1987, he was a Managing Director of Knightsbridge Partners, a venture capital firm, from January to August 1987, and President and a Director of Arltru Bancorporation, a bank holding company, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Arlington Trust Company from 1980 to 1986. |
|
|
John K. McGillicuddy
Chairman of the Audit Committee
John K. McGillicuddy was employed by KPMG LLP, a public accounting firm, from June 1965 until his retirement in June 2000. He was elected into the Partnership at KPMG LLP in June 1975 where he served as Audit Partner, SEC Reviewing Partner, Partner-in-Charge of Professional Practice, Partner-in-Charge of College Recruiting and Partner-in-Charge of Staff Scheduling. He is a Director of Brooks Automation, Inc. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Automatically receive Watts Water Technologies financial information by e-mail.
|
|
Sign up to receive a complimentary investor kit from Watts Water Technologies.
|
|
