American Standard Brands CEO and leadership

Rigorous and disciplined business leader with a record of driving growth, productivity, and financial results in corporate and private equity businesses. Business leadership and CFO roles in chemical, energy and aerospace industries with significant experience in mergers, acquisition and joint ventures. Experienced financial leader capable of analyzing business performance to develop strategies and rigorous improvement plans. Established a standalone business and financial structure to enable a successful carve-out of a GE business to private equity.Specialties: Business Profitability, Acquisitions & Mergers, Controllership and Reporting, Treasury/Audit, CEO Partner

Adam Bryson is the chief financial officer for LIXIL Americas. He is responsible for the organization’s financial and strategic planning, business and tax issues, annual operating budget development and accounting, treasury and financial operations, compliance, and governance.

Bryson’s previous role with LIXIL was as chief financial officer for GROHE, after holding several commercial finance roles of increasing responsibility within that organization. He brings a wealth of expertise in global finance, accounting, treasury, and tax through his work on the GROHE management board, as well as from his involvement directing joint ventures in the Middle East and Africa.

Prior to joining LIXIL, Bryson served at Diageo as global business support partner and regional business performance manager, Africa, successfully implementing financial performance and accountancy improvements in those roles. Earlier in his career, he held various financial positions at Seagram and Nestle.

Bryson holds an LLB in public law from the University of Glasgow.

Alex Alexandrou is the chief information officer for LIXIL Americas. He manages corporate-wide strategy and long-term planning for all information and related technologies.

He joined LIXIL with 20 years of prior experience, including expertise in building and implementing processes that increase revenue, optimize enterprise expenditures and enable peak operations across multiple disciplines and organizations. he served as vice president of global it, digital marketing and customer engagements systems for D&M Holdings, a Goldman Sachs and Bain Capital business. There he played a significant role in all the aspects of IT operations, including department strategy, business alignment and global decision making.

Earlier in his career, Alexandrou worked for Newell Brands, where he led the implementation of a new global IT enterprise e-commerce strategy throughout the company. Alexandrou created and managed Newell Brand’s e-commerce shared services, which allowed its brands to share IT services, functionality, capabilities and environment, resulting in increased efficiency and reduced cost.

Alexandrou holds a B.A. in computer science from Queens College of the City University of New York.

• 30-year career as advisor and confidant to executive management and senior global leaders at Fortune 500 and Fortune Global 500 Corporations

• Senior corporate executive and legal officer with significant international accountabilities for legal, corporate governance, compliance, management, and commercial matters

• Long term focus on M&A with deep intellectual property expertise

• Recognized leader valued for ability to build departments, teams and functions closely aligned with broad commercial agendas

• Adept at managing large geographically dispersed teams and inspiring peak performance

Chris Brown is the chief sales officer for LIXIL Americas. He manages the North American sales leadership team at LIXIL, serving to further expand the growing footprint of this global building and construction products manufacturer. He directs all senior sales management team leaders, overseeing U.S., Canadian and Latin American retail, trade and e-commerce channels.

Prior to joining LIXIL, Brown had more than 20 years of broad distribution experience selling through both retail and wholesale channels, with a proven record in handling go-to-market evolutions, brand integrations, and systems changes. He served as senior vice president of sales for the exterior cladding division of Ply Gem Industries. This business unit experienced significant growth under his leadership, achieving the number one market share in the vinyl siding category during his tenure. Previously, Brown held various roles in sales and brand management at Ply Gem and The Peachtree Companies, Inc.

Brown holds a B.S. in economics and history from Hampden-Sydney College.

Jill Albanese is the chief human resources officer for LIXIL Water Technology Americas. She leads the HR team in developing key programs aligned to the corporate strategy and values, strengthening relationships, and improving synergies within the global LIXIL organization.

She initially joined the Company as senior director of talent, rewards and culture. Her responsibilities included the design and execution of processes for performance and talent management, talent acquisition, succession planning, employee development, compensation, and benefits. Additionally, she worked to deliver relevant metrics and analytics to help inform business and talent decisions, as well as providing leadership in HR system advancements.

Albanese brings more than 25 years of human resources experience to LIXIL. Prior to joining, she served as workforce analytics leader at Merck, where she drove data-based talent and organizational decision-making across the company, while supporting numerous business and HR transformation initiatives. Before this, she held various HR leadership positions at Novartis and Prudential Financial.

Albanese holds a MHRM in human resource management from Rutgers University and a B.S. in psychology from Duke University.

Katty Pien is the chief marketing officer for LIXIL Americas. She leads the overall marketing and innovation strategies that drive consumer-centric growth across the Company’s portfolio of brands.

Prior to joining LIXIL, Pien had more than 20 years of global marketing experience from best-in-class, multinational consumer packaged goods companies such as Unilever, Nestlé and Johnson & Johnson. She leverages her consumer-centric expertise in brand strategies, innovation, integrated marketing, and brand portfolio management to build the iconic American Standard, DXV and GROHE brands.

Pien has been recognized with various distinctions in her career, including being named an Ad Age Top 50 Marketer, as well as creating the “Häagen-Dazs Loves Honeybees” integrated marketing campaign that won a Cannes Lion Award from the Cannes International Festival of Creativity. Additionally, she was awarded a Gold Effie, a Gold Clio, and “Cause-Related Campaign of the Year” from PR Week.

Pien holds an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a B.S. in operations research and industrial engineering from Cornell University.

Independent Director - Uponor Board of Directors - Helsinki Finland at Uponor - Listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki

Vinod Kondapalli is a Vice President & CIO at American Standard and is based in Piscataway, New Jersey.