{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001628280-26-064309","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"JHX","cik":"0001159152","company_name":"James Hardie Industries plc","filed_at":"2026-10-01T21:02:35+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-01T21:04:00.296361+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:27:21.059373+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.25,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.25,"confidence":"high","headline":"James Hardie names Terex CFO Jennifer Kong-Picarello as independent director, effective Oct 1","bullets":["Jennifer Kong-Picarello, 48, appointed independent Class III director effective October 1, 2026; expected to join the Board's Audit Committee in November 2026.","She is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Terex Corporation (NYSE: TEX), an approximately $8bn manufacturer of specialty vehicles and industrial equipment.","Previously CFO of Schneider Electric's €27bn-revenue Energy Management segment (2022-2025) and held CFO roles at Honeywell (2013-2022), including Intelligrated; earlier roles at Tyco and Deloitte.","Chair Nigel Stein cited her expertise in financial management, capital allocation and M&A execution and integration as James Hardie integrates its combined portfolio.","She receives standard non-employee director compensation and the standard Deed of Access, Insurance and Indemnity; no Item 404(a) related-party transactions disclosed."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-064309","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-064309.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-064309.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-064309.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159152/000162828026064309/0001628280-26-064309-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159152/000162828026064309/jhx-20261001.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:27:21.059373+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}