Latham Group, Inc. announced the appointment of DeLu Jackson, currently Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of ADT Inc., to Lathams Board of Directors . In addition, Latham's Board has appointed Brian Pratt, Vice President at Pamplona Capital Management, to serve as a director, replacing Dane Derbyshire, who has stepped down from the Board in connection with his departure from Pamplona Capital Management. Since 2019, Mr. Pratt has worked closely with the Board and Latham management on financial, operational, and transactional matters.

With these appointments, effective March 30, 2023, Lathams Board will include six independent directors. DeLu Jackson is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of ADT Inc. Prior to joining ADT in 2021, he served as Vice President, Precision Marketing at Conagra Brands, where he was responsible for integrated marketing, e-commerce, brand strategy, and advertising. Before joining Conagra Brands, he served in senior digital and marketing roles for domestic and international brands, including Kellogg Company, McDonalds Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd, Audi of America and Subaru of America.

Mr. Jackson also serves on the board of directors of Brag House Inc. (an esports platform), the Western Golf Association and the Chicago Public Library Foundation. DeLu holds a Master of Business Administration from the NYU Stern School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in Politics from Princeton University. Brian Pratt is a Vice President at Pamplona Capital Management LLC (Pamplona), having joined the firm in March 2019.

Mr. Pratt serves as a board observer of several other companies, including BFG Supply, a national distributor of consumables, greenhouse durables, and technical equipment to the green industry, and CSC ServiceWorks, Inc. Prior to joining Pamplona, Mr. Pratt worked in the investment banking division at Barclays from 2017 to February 2019. Mr. Pratt holds a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Yale University.