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Issuer:     James Hardie Industries plc (JHX)
CIK:        0001159152
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-01T21:02:35+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-064309
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

James Hardie names Terex CFO Jennifer Kong-Picarello as independent director, effective Oct 1
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- 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159152/000162828026064309/0001628280-26-064309-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159152/000162828026064309/jhx-20261001.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-064309

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