LIXIL Group Corporation announced that LIXIL Corporation President and CEO, Kinya Seto, will expand his responsibilities to also cover direct management of LWT. He will be supported by the deep capability and seasoned leadership already in place within LWT. The current CEOs of Water Technology, Michael Rauterkus of LWT EMEA and
Grohe AG, Steven Delarge of LWT Americas and American Standard Brands, Tadashi Arishiro of LWT Japan and Bijoy Mohan of LWT Asia Pacific, will report directly to Mr. Seto. As a result of this reorganization, the current LWT CEO David Haines will leave the organization effective March 7, 2016. To ensure that customers continue to benefit from the synergies of a seamlessly global and highly productive manufacturing and supply chain operation, Ryuichi Kawamoto, LIXIL Corporation Chief Technology Officer, will also concurrently take on the role of LWT Chief Manufacturing Optimization Officer.