---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001604028-23-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WMS"
cik: "0001604028"
company_name: "ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-01-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T14:43:24.267053+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Advanced Drainage Systems EVP Roy Moore to retire May 31, 2023; Craig Taylor to succeed

## Summary
- Roy Moore, Executive Vice President, retires effective May 31, 2023; he joined via Infiltrator acquisition in 2019.
- Craig Taylor, currently VP of Finance at Infiltrator, will succeed Moore as EVP.
- Moore led Infiltrator as CEO from 2005 to 2019; Taylor previously held finance roles at Stanley Black & Decker.
- Taylor joined ADS in February 2020; holds Finance degree from Bryant University and MBA from UMass.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001604028-23-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WMS
- cik: 0001604028
- company_name: ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-01-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1604028/000160402823000003/0001604028-23-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1604028/000160402823000003/wms-20230113.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001604028-23-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Roy E. Moore, Jr. resigned as Executive Vice President at ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President
  source text: On January 13, 2023, Roy E. Moore, Jr. submitted to the Board of Directors of Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) notice of his retirement from the Company as Executive Vice President, effective as of May 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1604028/000160402823000003/0001604028-23-000003-index.htm

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