Ecolab names Bryce Mewhorter corporate controller; all 13 directors elected at annual meeting
Ecolab's board elected Bryce L. Mewhorter as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller, including principal accounting officer role, effective after the second-quarter 2026 Form 10-Q is filed. At the May 7, 2026 annual meeting, shareholders re-elected all 13 director nominees and approved the advisory pay vote, while a stockholder proposal for an independent board chair policy failed.
Key points
- Bryce L. Mewhorter, age 51, currently Senior Vice President of Finance Global Water, joined Ecolab in 1998 and takes the controller role after the Q2 2026 10-Q filing.
- Jennifer J. Bradway will move to a different position at the company; she remains controller until Mewhorter takes over.
- All 13 directors were elected for one-year terms; Judson B. Althoff received 235,680,180 for votes and John J. Zillmer received 188,749,720.
- The independent board chair proposal received 61,882,139 for votes and 176,312,123 against, and was not approved.
The filing
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