Ryan Lada was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Watts Water Technologies on July 28, 2025 and was hired with a base salary of $525,000, set by the Compensation Committee based on a competitive assessment, his salary with his former employer and his prior experience as a chief financial officer of a public company.
On November 14, 2025 he notified the Company of his decision to resign to pursue another opportunity and was removed as Chief Financial Officer on November 15, 2025. He is treated as a named executive officer for 2025 as one of three individuals who served as the Company's principal financial officer during the year.
Mr. Lada previously served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from January to July 2025, and as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Residential and Commercial Divisions, from July 2022 to January 2025, of The AZEK Company, a leading manufacturer of sustainable outdoor living products. He departed AZEK on July 11, 2025 following its acquisition by James Hardie Industries plc. He also served as Vice President of Finance at Tank Holding Corp. from September 2021 to June 2022, and in several progressively more senior finance leadership positions, including Vice President of Investor Relations and Treasury, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of the Global Medical Division, and Chief Financial Officer for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, with Cantel Medical Corporation from 2015 until Cantel's acquisition by STERIS plc in June 2021. He also previously held financial leadership positions at Medtronic, Inc., IDEX Corporation and GE Transportation.