Company Website:
http://www.xylem.com
RYE BROOK, N.Y. -- (Business Wire)
Xylem Inc. (NYSE:XYL), a leading global water technology company
dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, today
announced the appointment of Claudia Toussaint as Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective October 29, 2014. She
will report directly to President and Chief Executive Officer Patrick
Decker, and her nomination to become a corporate officer of Xylem will
be presented to the company's board of directors on October 15, 2014.
“We’re very excited to welcome Claudia to the Xylem executive leadership
team. She is a proven business leader with extensive experience managing
global legal, compliance and corporate governance issues,” said Decker.
“Her diverse experience in global industrial and technology companies
has given her a relevant background that aligns with our business, and
we look forward to her significant contributions.”
Toussaint, 51, has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary of the Barnes Group Inc. (NYSE: B), an international
industrial and aerospace manufacturer and service provider, for more
than four years. At Barnes, she was a member of the executive leadership
team, led the legal, compliance and health safety & environmental
affairs functions and was the senior executive sponsor for the
integration of Barnes’ most recent acquisition.
Prior to her role at Barnes, she worked at Embarq, a Fortune 500
telecommunications company, as General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and
Chief Ethics Officer before its acquisition by CenturyLink. She also
held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at Sprint
Nextel's predecessor Fortune 100 companies. She started her career in
Los Angeles as a transactional attorney at Morrison & Foerster, an
international law firm.
Toussaint received her Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University
of California, Los Angeles, and her Juris Doctor degree from University
of California, Hastings College of the Law, in San Francisco. She grew
up in Germany and attended law school at the Juristische Fakultät of the
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg, Germany.
About Xylem
Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology provider, enabling
customers to transport, treat, test and efficiently use water in public
utility, residential and commercial building services, industrial and
agricultural settings. The company does business in more than 150
countries through a number of market-leading product brands, and its
people bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on finding
local solutions to the world’s most challenging water and wastewater
problems. Xylem is headquartered in Rye Brook, New York with 2013
revenues of $3.8 billion and more than 12,500 employees worldwide. Xylem
was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the last two
years for advancing sustainable business practices and solutions
worldwide.
The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that
transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of
our water-centric business by linking it with the best water
transportation of all -- that which occurs in nature. For more
information, please visit us at www.xylem.com.
Contacts:
Xylem Inc.
Media
Jennifer Jacob, 914-323-5745
jennifer.jacob@xyleminc.com
or
Investors
Phil
DeSousa, 914-323-5930
phil.desousa@xyleminc.com
Source: Xylem Inc.
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