Hayati Yarkadas

Senior Vice President and President, Water Infrastructure

Role at Xylem

Hayati Yarkadas leads Xylem’s global Water Infrastructure (WI) segment, bringing together all aspects of the company’s Transport and Treatment businesses. This includes the market-leading brands Flygt and Wedeco in the municipal and industrial water markets.

Hayati and his team collaborate with public utility and industrial customers to ensure their operations run efficiently through integrated products and systems, and essential solutions to transport, treat, and manage water throughout the water cycle.

Professional Background

Hayati joined Xylem in 2020 and has more than 25 years of general management and commercial experience, including as: 

• President of Performance Materials for Trinseo, a leading materials company based in Switzerland, also leading the company’s global Procurement function
• Senior Vice President and General Manager of Tate and Lyle, Europe, a global food ingredients business
• General Manager of the DuPont Teijin Films business in Europe and Global Business Director of Dupont’s U.S. Advanced Glass Interlayers business
• Earlier in his career, Hayati held a series of sales, marketing and strategy roles at DuPont, Deloitte Consulting Group, and Borusan

Hayati also brings a diverse range of cultural knowledge from his experience living and working in five countries across three different continents. 

Community Impact

Hayati is an avid proponent of empowering the next generation of innovators in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).

In the community, Hayati volunteers with Rainbows4Children, a Swiss and UK foundation that provides education for disadvantaged children in Ethiopia, and is involved with Humanitas, a nonprofit that provides professional support to individuals in impoverished areas around the world.

Education

Master of Business Administration, Imperial College Business School, University of London
Bachelor and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University