Board of Directors

​An active and engaged board of directors represents the interests of Xylem's shareholders. 

The independent directors, along with our president and chief executive officer, make up Xylem's board. They bring a wealth of relevant experience, governance acumen and passion for success to their vital roles.

Patrick K. Decker

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President and Chief Executive Officer, Xylem Inc.

Mr. Decker was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Xylem in March 2014. He also serves as a Director on the Board. As a leader in the water industry, Mr. Decker serves on the Infrastructure Committee for the Business Roundtable, and as a member of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Executive Council on Infrastructure, which is developing recommendations on initiatives to encourage additional private sector investment in infrastructure to promote economic growth.​ 

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Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn

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Chief Executive Officer & President, Claridad, LLC

Ms. Beliveau-Dunn is the Chief Executive Officer & President of Claridad, LLC, a digital and IoT consulting firm that provides Software-as-a-Service and services around automation and security. Prior to founding Claridad in April 2018, Ms. Beliveau-Dunn served as Vice President & General Manager of Cisco Systems Inc., a global technology company, where she managed the products and services business and operations, and built and operated centers of excellence, learning and knowledge, and innovation practices for scale. 

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Earl R. Ellis

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Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, ABM Industries Inc.

Mr. Ellis has served as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of ABM Industries Inc., a facility services company, since 2020. He has been instrumental in leading the development of ABM’s strategic plan and technological transformation.

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Robert F. Friel

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Chair, Xylem Inc.
Former Chairman, President & CEO, PerkinElmer, Inc.

Mr. Friel has led our Board as independent Chair since May 2020. He served as Chief Executive Officer of PerkinElmer, Inc., a multinational corporation focused on human and environmental health, from January 2008 until his retirement in December 2019. He was one of the primary architects of PerkinElmer’s transformation into a global technology leader.

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Lisa Glatch

Former President, LNG and Net-Zero Solutions, Sempra Infrastructure

Ms. Glatch served as President, LNG and Net-Zero Solutions and Chief Sustainability Officer of Sempra Infrastructure, an energy infrastructure company and affiliate of Sempra (formerly Sempra Energy) until her retirement in April 2022.  She previously held a number of leadership roles at Sempra LNG, a predecessor of Sempra Infrastructure, including as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Sustainability Officer.

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Victoria D. Harker

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Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, TEGNA, Inc.

Ms. Harker has served as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of TEGNA, Inc. since June 2015 when Gannett Co. spun off its broadcast and digital businesses; in 2017, TEGNA spun off and sold its digital businesses. She served as CFO of Gannett from July 2012 to June 2015. Prior to joining Gannett in July 2012, Ms. Harker served as the CFO and President of Global Business Services of the AES Corporation, a diversified, multinational power generation and utility company.

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Steven R. Loranger

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Former Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, ITT Corporation

Mr. Loranger served as Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of ITT Corporation, our former parent, a global manufacturing company, from 2004 until his retirement in October 2011. He served as Interim Chief Executive Officer & President of Xylem Inc. from September 2013 until March 2014.

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Mark Morelli

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President & Chief Executive Officer, Vontier Corporation

Mr. Morelli has served as President & Chief Executive Officer of Vontier Corporation, a global industrial company focused on transportation and mobility markets, since January 2020.

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Jerome A. Peribere

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Former President & Chief Executive Officer, Sealed Air Corporation

Mr. Peribere served as President & Chief Executive Officer of Sealed Air Corporation, a global manufacturer of protective and specialty packaging for food and consumer goods, from 2013 until his retirement in 2017. He led the transformation of Sealed Air from a products-based company to a knowledge-based company, with a more unified organization through the company’s rebranding, and renewed commitments to creating customer value and sustainability. 

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Lynn C. Swann

President, Swann, Inc.

Mr. Swann is President of Swann, Inc., a marketing and consulting firm that he founded in 1976, and has held leadership roles across business, government and philanthropic organizations. From 2016 to 2019, he served as the athletic director of the University of Southern California, where he was responsible for the overall administration of the university’s women’s and men’s Division I athletic programs. 

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Lila Tretikov

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Corporate Vice President & Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft Corporation

Ms. Tretikov is a Corporate Vice President & Deputy Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft Corporation, and a leading expert on Artificial Intelligence and business transformation. In her role at Microsoft, she applies a cross-disciplinary approach to creating solutions that address some of the world's most challenging problems and empower humanity through technology.

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Uday Yadav

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Chief Executive Officer, TK Elevator

Mr. Yadav has served as Chief Executive Officer of TK Elevator, an international provider of elevator technology, since May 2022.

Prior to joining TK Elevator, Mr. Yadav spent more than 20 years with Eaton, a power management company, serving in a variety of leadership positions in all of the company’s operating groups, as well as corporate-wide and multinational roles, including President & Chief Operating Officer, Electrical Sector.

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