Sean Gadd has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of our wholly owned subsidiary, Latham Pool Products and as our Chief Executive Officer and Director since January 2026. He is a global leader that brings more than 30 years of experience across the building products and manufacturing sectors, with a proven track record of driving growth, operational excellence, and commercial transformation.
Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Gadd served as President, North America at James Hardie Building Products, Inc. (“James Hardie”), a subsidiary of James Hardie Industries plc (NYSE/ASX: JHX) where he led the company's largest business segment with full profit and loss responsibility. During his tenure, he delivered record EBIT margin performance and expanded market share, while advancing the company's LEAN transformation. He also strengthened cross-functional collaboration, enhanced customer service and operational efficiency, and helped position the organization for long-term growth through investments in manufacturing capacity, talent development, succession planning, and commercial excellence.
Mr. Gadd spent more than two decades with James Hardie, serving in leadership positions of increasing responsibility across the United States and Australia, including Chief Marketing Officer, Executive General Manager, USA North and Canada, Vice President of multiple U.S. and Canadian regions, and General Manager, Trim USA. Earlier in his James Hardie career, he held a series of manufacturing and plant leadership roles, including Manufacturing Manager USA, Trim Manufacturing Manager USA, and Plant Operations Manager positions in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Gadd held engineering and operations leadership roles with Boral Masonry, Boral Clay and Concrete, and William Brooks & Co. in Australia.
Mr. Gadd holds a Master of Business Administration (Executive Program) from the Australian Graduate School of Management and both an Honours degree in Engineering and a Bachelor of Engineering in Manufacturing Management from the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Todd Antonelli was appointed Chief Commercial Officer in August 2026, bringing more than 25 years of commercial leadership experience across leading building products organizations.
Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Antonelli served as Chief Revenue Officer at Cabinetworks Group, the largest privately held cabinet manufacturer in the United States. Recruited to lead a broad commercial transformation, Mr. Antonelli provided executive oversight for retail sales, dealer and distributor channels, customer service, and sales operations. During his tenure, he strengthened go-to-market execution, improved service responsiveness, and built the commercial infrastructure needed to support scalable growth. Prior to this role, Mr. Antonelli spent nearly a decade with Marvin Windows & Doors, where he served as Senior Vice President, Sales and was a member of the company’s executive leadership team. In this capacity, he helped scale the business while advancing sales strategy and channel optimization.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Antonelli held executive leadership positions at PGT Industries, where he helped drive commercial performance across sales, marketing, customer service, and engineering.
Mr. Antonelli holds a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from California Lutheran University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from California State University, Chico.
Nikki Vaughan Maczko has served as our Chief Human Resources Officer since May 2024. Over her 25-year career, Ms. Vaughan has served in a variety of human resources leadership roles with a demonstrated track-record of developing organizational and talent strategies. Prior to joining us, Ms. Vaughan was the Chief People Officer at Sedron Technologies, LLC, a manufacturer of specialized water and waste cleaning machines, where she focused on scalability and organizational development from April 2023 to May 2024. Ms. Vaughan previously served as the Senior Vice President of People in the Rental Solutions division of Aggreko Ltd, a global energy solutions business, where she led human resources practices for 2,700 employees across North America, Europe, and Australia from February 2017 to April 2022. Prior to Aggreko, Ms. Vaughn served as the Vice President of Human Resources in the Enterprise Services division of Hewlett- Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE: HPQ), an enterprise information technology company, from January 2011 to January 2017. From June 1999 to December 2010, she also served in various roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as Global Human Resources Leader, at Hewitt Associates, Inc., a compensation consulting firm, which was acquired by Aon Corporation in 2010. Ms. Vaughan holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University at Albany.