Pool Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Pool's CEO is John Watwood, appointed in May 2026, has a tenure of less than a year. directly owns 0.059% of the company’s shares, worth CHF3.33M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.8 years and 6.4 years respectively.

Key information

John Watwood

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	less than a year
CEO ownership	0.06%
Management average tenure	4.8yrs
Board average tenure	6.4yrs

Recent management updates

No updates

Recent updates

No updates

CEO

John Watwood (47 yo)

less than a year

Tenure

Mr. John B. Watwood serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Pool Corporation since May 4, 2026 and was its Executive Vice President from January 2026 to May 4, 2026. Prior to joining Pool Corpor...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
John Stokely	Executive Chairman	26.4yrs	US$357.64k	0.045% CHF 2.5m
Melanie M. Hart	Senior VP	4.8yrs	US$2.16m	0.072% CHF 4.1m
Jennifer Neil	Senior VP	23.1yrs	US$1.59m	0.038% CHF 2.2m
Kenneth St. Romain	Senior Vice President	18.9yrs	US$2.33m	0.25% CHF 14.3m
John Watwood	President & CEO	less than a year	no data	0.059% CHF 3.3m
Walker Saik	Chief Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller	4.9yrs	no data	0.0054% CHF 308.0k
Todd Marshall	VP & Chief Information Officer	6.3yrs	no data	no data
Curtis Scheel	Director of Investor Relations	no data	no data	no data
Carolyne Large	Vice President of Marketing	2.3yrs	no data	no data
Luther Willems	VP & Chief Human Resources Officer	4.3yrs	no data	no data

4.8yrs

Average Tenure

53yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: SP1's management team is considered experienced (4.8 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
John Stokely	Executive Chairman	26.4yrs	US$357.64k	0.045% CHF 2.5m
Mark Pompa	Independent Director	less than a year	no data	0.0032% CHF 181.8k
Manuel Perez de la Mesa	Vice Chairman	27.4yrs	US$267.48k	2.63% CHF 148.9m
David Whalen	Independent Director	10.7yrs	US$257.81k	0.025% CHF 1.4m
Debra Oler	Independent Director	7.7yrs	US$248.97k	0.0099% CHF 560.5k
James Hope	Independent Director	3.7yrs	US$255.97k	0.010% CHF 571.3k
Kevin Murphy	Independent Director	2yrs	US$232.72k	0.0030% CHF 171.6k
Martha Gervasi	Independent Director	5.1yrs	US$250.97k	0.0072% CHF 406.5k

6.4yrs

Average Tenure

67yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: SP1's board of directors are considered experienced (6.4 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/06/14 20:40
End of Day Share Price	2026/06/08 00:00
Earnings	2026/03/31
Annual Earnings	2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Pool Corporation is covered by 21 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
David Manthey	Baird
Brennan Matthews	Berenberg
Shaun Calnan	BofA Global Research