internal
Matthew F. Pine
President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive
2 yr
19 reports
Leadership change Matthew F. Pine was promoted to CEO (from COO) · DEF 14A, 2025-03-31
Xylem Inc. ·XYL
Segment presidents, not a COO, anchor Xylem’s enterprise model
Industrials · Fortune #452 · Divisional structure · 23K employees · Washington, District of Columbia
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6
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 9)
3.1
Avg span
moderate
4
Max depth
4 levels
3.8 yr
Avg tenure
stable vs FY2024
50%
Internal hires
near industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-12-31 · 10-K
Revenue
$9.0B
Operating income
$1.2B
Net income
$957M
Total assets
$17.6B
Shares out
243M
Sourced from Xylem Inc. DEF 14A · filed 2026-03-30 ↗ View on SEC
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Segment presidents, not a COO, anchor Xylem’s enterprise model. The CEO directly oversees four P&L leaders plus finance and people, reflecting the company’s shift from a matrix to a segment‑led structure. This page maps the org, executive team, metrics, and peer context.
What to model
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Latest signal Matthew F. Pine moved into President and CEO
Promoted to CEO effective January 1, 2024.
Source · See change logScenario views in the chart
- Add Chief AI Officer Formalize AI leadership by adding a Chief AI Officer reporting to the CEO, building on the central AI team.
- Introduce a COO layer Insert a COO to coordinate operations across segments, reducing the CEO’s span.
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The people
Who's running this
7 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
Hayati Yarkadas
Executive Vice President and President, Water Infrastructure
Water Infrastructure
5 yr
3 reports
Rodney O. Aulick
Executive Vice President and President, Water Solutions and Services
Water Solutions & Services
3 yr
2 reports
William K. Grogan
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Finance
3 yr
3 reports
Meredith Emmerich
Senior Vice President and President, Applied Water
Applied Water
2 yr
2 reports
Claudia S. Toussaint
Executive Vice President, Chief People and Sustainability Officer
People & Sustainability
6 yr
2 reports
internal
Kelly C. O’Shea
Vice President, Chief Corporate Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Legal
4 yr
1 reports
The pay
Executive compensation
From the most recent DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. 5 named executive officers disclosed. Bar length scales with total compensation.
Matthew F. Pine $11.3M
- Base salary
- $1.12M
- Bonus
- $6.19M
- Stock awards
- $1.83M
- Option awards
- $1.94M
- Other
- $214K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
William K. Grogan $4.1M
- Base salary
- $748K
- Bonus
- $1.91M
- Stock awards
- $562K
- Option awards
- $835K
- Other
- $95K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
Hayati Yarkadas $2.7M
- Base salary
- $657K
- Bonus
- $1.02M
- Stock awards
- $300K
- Option awards
- $594K
- Other
- $127K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
Rodney O. Aulick $2.3M
- Base salary
- $577K
- Bonus
- $300K
- Stock awards
- $721K
- Option awards
- $212K
- Non-equity incentive
- $439K
- Other
- $71K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
Claudia S. Toussaint $2.3M
- Base salary
- $566K
- Bonus
- $890K
- Stock awards
- $262K
- Option awards
- $491K
- Other
- $74K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
The skin in the game
Beneficial ownership
Insider stock holdings and the company's ownership requirements for executives and directors. Disclosed in the most recent DEF 14A.
Stock ownership requirements
6×CEO base salary
3×NEO base salary
5×Director cash retainer
Executives and directors are subject to stock ownership guidelines based on base salary or retainer.
The businesses
How Xylem Inc. divides the work
4 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Water Infrastructure
7K employees
EVP & President, Water Infrastructure (Hayati Yarkadas)
Provides transport and treatment infrastructure for municipal and industrial customers.
Applied Water
5K employees
SVP & President, Applied Water (Meredith Emmerich)
Delivers pumps, valves, heat exchangers, and building solutions.
Water Solutions and Services
6K employees
EVP & President, Water Solutions and Services (Rodney O. Aulick)
Provides services, rentals, and treatment solutions across the water lifecycle.
Corporate Functions
3K employees
President & CEO (Matthew F. Pine)
Finance, legal, people, sustainability, and enterprise governance.
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
Segment presidents, rather than a COO, form the core of Xylem’s enterprise structure.
The CEO has six direct reports, four of whom are P&L leaders for major segments, reflecting the company’s stated shift from a matrix to a single management axis built around segments. This concentrates accountability at the segment level.
Functional leadership is comparatively lean. Finance, people/sustainability, and legal report directly to the CEO, while most operational depth sits inside the segments. This design aligns with Xylem’s post‑Evoqua simplification strategy and supports faster decision‑making close to customers, but it also increases the CEO’s span across heterogeneous businesses.
- No COO role
- Segment presidents dominate CEO span
- Post‑Evoqua simplification
The comparison
How Xylem Inc. stacks up
Compared with diversified industrial peers like Pentair, Ecolab, and Dover, Xylem is more explicitly segment‑led and lighter on enterprise‑wide functional chiefs. Many peers maintain a COO or a deeper corporate layer between the CEO and segment heads. Xylem’s approach more closely resembles a pure divisional model. …
Reporting depth
Current signals
What changed recently
The most consequential change was Matthew Pine’s promotion to CEO in January 2024, alongside a broader shift to a segment‑led structure.
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2026-03-30
- CEO
- Matthew F. Pine
- CEO span
- 6
- C-suite
- 6
- Avg tenure
- 3.8 yr
Segment presidents formed the core of the executive team.
Named executive officers (5)
- Matthew F. Pine - President and CEO since 2024
- William K. Grogan - EVP and CFO since 2023
- Hayati Yarkadas - EVP and President, Water Infrastructure since 2021
- Rodney O. Aulick - EVP and President, WSS since 2023
- Claudia S. Toussaint - EVP, Chief People and Sustainability Officer since 2020
FY2024
DEF 14A filed 2025-03-31
- CEO
- Matthew F. Pine
- CEO span
- 7
- C-suite
- 7
- Avg tenure
- 3.5 yr
CEO transition year with added Applied Water president.
Named executive officers (5)
- Matthew F. Pine - President and CEO since 2024
- William K. Grogan - SVP and CFO since 2023
- Meredith Emmerich - SVP and President, Applied Water since 2024
- Hayati Yarkadas - SVP and President, WI since 2021
- Rodney O. Aulick - SVP and President, WSS since 2023
FY2023
DEF 14A filed 2024-03-28
- CEO
- Patrick Decker
- CEO span
- 8
- C-suite
- 8
- Avg tenure
- 6 yr
Pre‑transition structure with COO role in place.
Named executive officers (5)
- Patrick Decker - President and CEO since 2011
- Matthew F. Pine - COO since 2023
- William K. Grogan - CFO since 2023
- Hayati Yarkadas - President, WI since 2021
- Sandra Rowland - CFO since 2016
Year-over-year changes
Leadership transitioned from Decker to Pine, reducing tenure averages and span.
- CEO span: 8 → 7
- C-suite size: 8 → 7
- Avg tenure: 6 → 3.5 yr
- promoted Matthew F. Pine - CEO (was COO) (DEF 14A, 2025-03-31)
Further simplification trimmed the executive team and reinforced segment leadership.
- CEO span: 7 → 6
- C-suite size: 7 → 6
- Avg tenure: 3.5 → 3.8 yr
- reorg Executive Team - Segment-led simplification (DEF 14A, 2026-03-30)
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of Xylem?
Matthew F. Pine has served as President and CEO since January 1, 2024.
What type of organizational structure does Xylem use?
Xylem uses a divisional, segment‑led structure following its move away from a matrix model.
How many direct reports does Xylem's CEO have?
The CEO has six direct reports, including four segment presidents.
How has Xylem's leadership changed recently?
Recent changes include Matthew Pine’s promotion to CEO in 2024 and the appointment of a new Applied Water president.
Does Xylem have a COO?
No. Xylem does not have a COO; segment presidents report directly to the CEO.
Sources
- DEF 14A, Mar 2025
- 2025 Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: Xylem Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: Xylem Inc. 10-K Annual Report
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