Published mark
Waters Corporation
WATERS CORP /DE/
NYSE: WAT. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.
US
Record source reportedRecord not claimedNo Eval published
- Alpha ID
- alpha:company:5423ba97-2eb0-427b-aed5-05d15d0e1b21
- SEC CIK
- 0001000697
- Website
- www.waters.com Open
- Record version
- vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 16, 2026
- Newest evidence
- Apr 9, 2026
- Monitoring
- Not yet monitored Details
- Integrity
- Not yet signed Methodology
- CEO
- Udit BatraSince Feb 23, 2026
- Chair
- Flemming Ornskov
- Independent
- 8 / 1010 directors published
- Published claims
- 464 distinct sources
- Evidence records
- 90 pinned
- Source conflicts
- 0None open
Built from 4 distinct sources and 9 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.
CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed
Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works
CFO CHANGED
Amol Chaubal executive of Waters Corporation, effective 2026-02-23.
EffectiveEffective Feb 23, 2026E4
Monitoring
ContinuousWhat the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.
- IdentityunclaimedPublished
- Evidencesource_reportedPublished
- Evaluationnot_evaluatedPublished
- MonitoringNot yet published for this record.Not published
- AuthorityNot yet published for this record.Not published
- FreshnesscurrentPublished
Leadership
Evidence| Role | Person | Since | Status | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Amol Chaubal | Feb 2026 | current | Source reportedE4 |
| Senior Vice President of TA Instruments Division | James A. Bennett | Feb 2026 | current | Source reportedE5 |
| Senior Vice President of the Waters Division | Robert Carpio | Feb 2026 | current | Source reportedE6 |
| President and Chief Executive Officer | Udit Batra | Feb 2026 | current | Source reportedE7 |
Board of directors
Evidence10 directors published. 8 of 10 with a published determination are independent.
| Director | Status | Since | Committees | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher A. Kuebler | Independent | 2006 | Compensation, chairCompensation · Chair; Science and TechnologyScience and Technology | Source reportedE3 |
| Craig E. Fraser | Not independent | 2026 | Science and Technology | Source reportedE3 |
| Flemming Ornskov | IndependentChair | 2017 | CompensationCompensation; Nominating and Corporate Governance · Chair; ESG · Chair, chairESG, chairNominating and Corporate Governance, chair | Source reportedE3 |
| Heather Knight | Independent | 2024 | ESGNominating and Corporate GovernanceNominating and Corporate Governance; ESG | Source reportedE3 |
| Linda Baddour | Independent | 2018 | Audit & Finance, chairAudit & Finance · Chair | Source reportedE3 |
| Mark Vergnano | Independent | 2022 | CompensationCompensation; Nominating and Corporate Governance; ESGESGNominating and Corporate Governance | Source reportedE3 |
| Pearl S. Huang | Independent | 2021 | ESGNominating and Corporate GovernanceNominating and Corporate Governance; Science and Technology · Chair; ESGScience and Technology, chair | Source reportedE3 |
| Richard Fearon | Independent | 2023 | Audit & Finance | Source reportedE3 |
| Udit Batra | Not independent | 2020 | None published | Source reportedE3 |
| Weiwei (Ricky) Jiang | Independent | 2021 | Science and Technology | Source reportedE3 |
| Dr. Edward Brennan | Independence not published | Not published | Audit & Finance | Source reportedE8 |
Committees and risk ownership
Evidence| Committee | Chair | Members | Risks assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit & Finance | Linda Baddour | Linda Baddour, Dr. Edward Brennan, Richard Fearon | financial |
| Audit & Finance · Chair | Not published | Linda Baddour | financial |
| Compensation | Christopher A. Kuebler | Christopher A. Kuebler, Flemming Ornskov, Mark Vergnano | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation · Chair; Science and Technology | Not published | Christopher A. Kuebler | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation; Nominating and Corporate Governance · Chair; ESG · Chair | Flemming Ornskov | Flemming Ornskov | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation; Nominating and Corporate Governance; ESG | Not published | Mark Vergnano | Not described in the published record |
| ESG | Flemming Ornskov | Flemming Ornskov, Heather Knight, Mark Vergnano, Pearl S. Huang | Not described in the published record |
| Nominating and Corporate Governance | Flemming Ornskov | Flemming Ornskov, Heather Knight, Mark Vergnano, Pearl S. Huang | Not described in the published record |
| Nominating and Corporate Governance; ESG | Not published | Heather Knight | Not described in the published record |
| Nominating and Corporate Governance; Science and Technology · Chair; ESG | Not published | Pearl S. Huang | Not described in the published record |
| Science and Technology | Pearl S. Huang | Pearl S. Huang, Christopher A. Kuebler, Craig E. Fraser, Weiwei (Ricky) Jiang | Not described in the published record |
Committee AppointmentLinda Baddour: chair, Audit & Finance
Committee AppointmentDr. Edward Brennan: member, Audit & Finance
Committee AppointmentRichard Fearon: member, Audit & Finance
Committee RecordCompensation: Chair Christopher A. Kuebler; Members Christopher A. Kuebler (Chair); Flemming Ornskov; Mark Vergnano
Committee AppointmentChristopher A. Kuebler: chair, Compensation
Committee AppointmentFlemming Ornskov: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentMark Vergnano: member, Compensation
Committee RecordESG: Chair Flemming Ornskov; Members Flemming Ornskov (Chair); Heather Knight; Mark Vergnano; Pearl S. Huang
Committee AppointmentFlemming Ornskov: chair, ESG
Committee AppointmentHeather Knight: member, ESG
Committee AppointmentMark Vergnano: member, ESG
Committee AppointmentPearl S. Huang: member, ESG
Committee RecordNominating and Corporate Governance: Chair Flemming Ornskov; Members Flemming Ornskov (Chair); Heather Knight; Mark Vergnano; Pearl S. Huang
Committee AppointmentFlemming Ornskov: chair, Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee AppointmentHeather Knight: member, Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee AppointmentMark Vergnano: member, Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee AppointmentPearl S. Huang: member, Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee RecordScience and Technology: Chair Pearl S. Huang; Members Pearl S. Huang (Chair); Christopher A. Kuebler; Craig E. Fraser; Weiwei (Ricky) Jiang
Committee AppointmentPearl S. Huang: chair, Science and Technology
Committee AppointmentChristopher A. Kuebler: member, Science and Technology
Committee AppointmentCraig E. Fraser: member, Science and Technology
Committee AppointmentWeiwei (Ricky) Jiang: member, Science and Technology
Control and voting power
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Authority to act
Evidence and agent registryWho can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.
Principal executive officerUdit Batra, President and Chief Executive Officer, from Feb 23, 2026
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
Financials and market context
EvidenceIndex MembershipS&P 500 (SPX)
Security ListingWAT (NYSE)
Index memberships1 membership attached to a specific security and listing.Announcements, effective dates, and removals remain distinct states; Alpha does not infer membership from company size, exchange, or reputation.
SPX
Source reportedAs of Oct 16, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.
| Index | Security | Status | Effective | Verification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 (S&P Dow Jones Indices) | NYSE: WAT | current | Jan 2, 2002 | inferred | Slickcharts S&P 500 constituent table (public observation, not S&P DJI license) |
Governance and policies
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Risk, audit, and cyber
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
AI oversight and accountability
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Legal and regulatory
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Compensation
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Other published claims
EvidencePublished Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.
Legal NameWATERS CORP /DE/
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Official Websitehttps://www.waters.com
Published FactUS
Published FactDE
Published FactHealthcare
Published Facthttps://www.waters.com
Not yet in this record
CoverageA gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.
- Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
- OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
- FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
- CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
- GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
- Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
- AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
- LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
- RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
- CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
- AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
- Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
- Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
- This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.
Linked people
Same claims as person records- Amol ChaubalSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officercompany:5423ba97-2eb0-427b-aed5-05d15d0e1b21:leadership_role:19
- James A. BennettSenior Vice President of TA Instruments Divisioncompany:5423ba97-2eb0-427b-aed5-05d15d0e1b21:leadership_role:20
- Robert CarpioSenior Vice President of the Waters Divisioncompany:5423ba97-2eb0-427b-aed5-05d15d0e1b21:leadership_role:21
- Udit BatraPresident and Chief Executive Officer; Directorcompany:5423ba97-2eb0-427b-aed5-05d15d0e1b21:leadership_role:22, company:5423ba97-2eb0-427b-aed5-05d15d0e1b21:leadership_role:17
- Christopher A. KueblerIndependent Directorcompany:5423ba97-2eb0-427b-aed5-05d15d0e1b21:leadership_role:10
- Craig E. FraserDirectorcompany:5423ba97-2eb0-427b-aed5-05d15d0e1b21:leadership_role:11
- Flemming OrnskovChaircompany:5423ba97-2eb0-427b-aed5-05d15d0e1b21:leadership_role:9
- Heather KnightIndependent Directorcompany:5423ba97-2eb0-427b-aed5-05d15d0e1b21:leadership_role:12
- Linda BaddourIndependent Directorcompany:5423ba97-2eb0-427b-aed5-05d15d0e1b21:leadership_role:13
- Mark VergnanoIndependent Directorcompany:5423ba97-2eb0-427b-aed5-05d15d0e1b21:leadership_role:14
- Pearl S. HuangIndependent Directorcompany:5423ba97-2eb0-427b-aed5-05d15d0e1b21:leadership_role:15
- Richard FearonIndependent Directorcompany:5423ba97-2eb0-427b-aed5-05d15d0e1b21:leadership_role:16
- Weiwei (Ricky) JiangIndependent Directorcompany:5423ba97-2eb0-427b-aed5-05d15d0e1b21:leadership_role:18
- Dr. Edward BrennanDirector (committee appointment)company:5423ba97-2eb0-427b-aed5-05d15d0e1b21:committee_record:23
Subject and corrections
Public-role doctrineThis record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.
- Basis
- Published company record built from public sources
- Sources
- 9 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
- Never published
- Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
- Record claimed
- No
- Open disputes
- 0
- Identity ownership
- unclaimed
Claiming not yet available
If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.
Evidence
Authority and rights- E1Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 16, 2026. Cited by 6 Claims.
- E2WATERS CORP /DE/ Form 10-K (filed 2026-02-23). SEC filing. Retrieved Aug 29, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
- E3sec proxy. Published Apr 9, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 10 Claims.
- E4sec filing. Published Feb 23, 2026. Retrieved May 6, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E5sec filing. Published Feb 23, 2026. Retrieved May 6, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E6sec filing. Published Feb 23, 2026. Retrieved May 6, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E7sec filing. Published Feb 23, 2026. Retrieved May 6, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E8board_seats. sp500-board-director-completeness-remediation-2026-05-15. Cited by 23 Claims.
- E9Slickcharts S&P 500 constituent table (public observation, not S&P DJI license). index provider. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 16, 2026- Amol Chaubal executive of Waters Corporation, effective 2026-02-23.
- James A. Bennett executive of Waters Corporation, effective 2026-02-23.
- Robert Carpio executive of Waters Corporation, effective 2026-02-23.
- Udit Batra executive of Waters Corporation, effective 2026-02-23.
- Craig E. Fraser seat on Waters Corporation, effective 2026-01-01.
- Heather Knight seat on Waters Corporation, effective 2024-01-01.
- Nominating and Corporate Governance; ESG committee of Waters Corporation, effective 2024-01-01.
- Heather Knight member of Nominating and Corporate Governance; ESG, effective 2024-01-01.
- Richard Fearon seat on Waters Corporation, effective 2023-01-01.
- Mark Vergnano seat on Waters Corporation, effective 2022-01-01.
- Compensation; Nominating and Corporate Governance; ESG committee of Waters Corporation, effective 2022-01-01.
- Mark Vergnano member of Compensation; Nominating and Corporate Governance; ESG, effective 2022-01-01.
- Pearl S. Huang seat on Waters Corporation, effective 2021-01-01.
- Weiwei (Ricky) Jiang seat on Waters Corporation, effective 2021-01-01.
- Nominating and Corporate Governance; Science and Technology · Chair; ESG committee of Waters Corporation, effective 2021-01-01.
- Pearl S. Huang member of Nominating and Corporate Governance; Science and Technology · Chair; ESG, effective 2021-01-01.
- Udit Batra seat on Waters Corporation, effective 2020-01-01.
- Linda Baddour seat on Waters Corporation, effective 2018-01-01.
- Audit & Finance · Chair committee of Waters Corporation, effective 2018-01-01.
- Linda Baddour member of Audit & Finance · Chair, effective 2018-01-01.
- Flemming Ornskov seat on Waters Corporation, effective 2017-01-01.
- Flemming Ornskov chairs board Waters Corporation, effective 2017-01-01.
- Compensation; Nominating and Corporate Governance · Chair; ESG · Chair committee of Waters Corporation, effective 2017-01-01.
- Flemming Ornskov chairs Compensation; Nominating and Corporate Governance · Chair; ESG · Chair, effective 2017-01-01.
- Christopher A. Kuebler seat on Waters Corporation, effective 2006-01-01.
- Compensation · Chair; Science and Technology committee of Waters Corporation, effective 2006-01-01.
- Christopher A. Kuebler member of Compensation · Chair; Science and Technology, effective 2006-01-01.