MICHAEL T. SPEETZEN

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Filing Date Source Excerpt
2018-03-23 Michael T. Speetzen, Age: 48, Director Since: Effective Upon Separation, Committee Effective Upon Separation: Audit and Finance.
2020-03-20 Since 2015, Mr. Speetzen has served as the Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Polaris Inc., a global powersports leader with a product line-up that includes side-by-side and all-terrain off-road vehicles, motorcycles, boats, and snowmobiles. From 2011 to 2015, Mr. Speetzen was Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology equipment and service provider. Prior to joining Xylem, Mr. Speetzen served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ITT Fluid and Motion Control from 2009 to 2011, Chief Financial Officer for the StandardAero division of the private equity firm Dubai Aerospace Enterprise Ltd. from 2007 to 2009, and various positions of increasing responsibility in the finance functions at Honeywell International, Inc. and General Electric Company. Mr. Speetzen brings to our Board extensive financial experience and knowledge of global markets and transacting international business.
2021-03-19 Michael T. Speetzen Age: 51 Director Since: 2018 Committee Served: Audit and Finance Since January 2021, Mr. Speetzen has served as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Inc., a global powersports leader with a product line-up that includes side-by-side and all-terrain off-road vehicles, motorcycles, boats, and snowmobiles. Mr. Speetzen served as Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Polaris from 2015 to 2020. From 2011 to 2015, Mr. Speetzen was Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology equipment and service provider. Prior to joining Xylem, Mr. Speetzen served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ITT Fluid and Motion Control from 2009 to 2011, Chief Financial Officer for the StandardAero division of the private equity firm Dubai Aerospace Enterprise Ltd. from 2007 to 2009, and various positions of increasing responsibility in the finance functions at Honeywell International, Inc. and General Electric Company. Mr. Speetzen brings to our Board extensive financial experience and knowledge of global markets and transacting international business. Michael T. Speetzen's total compensation for 2020 was $251,312.
2022-04-01 Michael T. Speetzen Age: 52 Committee Served: Audit and Finance The table below summarizes the compensation that we paid to non-employee directors for the year ended December 31, 2021. Michael T. Speetzen Fees Earned or Paid in Cash: $103,500, Stock Awards: $140,007, All Other Compensation: $13,587, Total: $257,094
2023-03-24 Mr. Speetzen has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Inc., a global powersports leader with a product line-up that includes side-by-side and all-terrain off-road vehicles, motorcycles, boats, and snowmobiles, since May 2021. Prior to his current role at Polaris, Mr. Speetzen served as Interim Chief Executive Officer from January to May 2021 and Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer from 2015 to 2020. From 2011 to 2015, Mr. Speetzen was Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology equipment and service provider. Prior to joining Xylem, Mr. Speetzen served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ITT Fluid and Motion Control from 2009 to 2011, Chief Financial Officer for the StandardAero division of the private equity firm Dubai Aerospace Enterprise Ltd. from 2007 to 2009, and various positions of increasing responsibility in the finance functions at Honeywell International Inc. and General Electric Company.
2024-03-22 Michael T. Speetzen Chief Executive Officer, Polaris Inc. Independent Age: 54 Director Since: 2018 Committees Served: Audit and Finance (Chair) Gender; Race/Ethnicity: Male (White) ... The table below summarizes the compensation that we paid to non-employee directors for the year ended December 31, 2023. Michael T. Speetzen Fees Earned or Paid in Cash($) 126,701 Stock Awards ($) 150,019 Total($) 325,969
2025-03-21 Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Polaris Inc.

Polaris Inc.

Filing Date Source Excerpt
2022-03-17 Michael T. Speetzen Age 52 Director since: 2021 Committees: None Mr. Speetzen, our CEO and a Board member, receives no compensation for his service as a director.
2023-03-15 Mr. Speetzen was appointed Chief Executive Officer on April 30, 2021; preceding this, he was Interim Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2021. Mr. Speetzen joined Polaris in August 2015 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Polaris, Mr. Speetzen was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Xylem, Inc., a leading water technology company, since 2011, when the company was formed from the spinoff of the water businesses of ITT Corporation, a worldwide manufacturing company. He joined ITT in 2009. Mr. Speetzen was responsible for the financial planning, accounting, controls, treasury, M&A activity, investor relations and strategy of Xylem Inc. Prior to joining ITT, Mr. Speetzen served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the StandardAero Company, a maintenance, repair and overhaul service provider, owned by the private equity firm Dubai Aerospace Enterprise. Previously, he held positions of increasing responsibility in the finance functions of Honeywell and General Electric.
2024-03-13 Michael T. Speetzen, Age 54, Director since 2021, CEO, no committees, receives no compensation for service as director.
2025-03-19 Mr. Speetzen has executive leadership experience in the consumer and manufacturing industries and expertise in innovation and technology, gained while serving as CFO and then CEO at Polaris and in prior senior roles at StandardAero, ITT and Xylem. He also possesses comprehensive expertise in accounting and finance, strategy and M&A, and risk management oversight, as well as global experience, acquired through his career in various leadership roles with corporate finance groups of multinational manufacturing companies such as Honeywell, General Electric and Xylem. He also brings to the Board corporate governance experience gained from serving on other public boards. Total 2024 compensation: $9,026,124.

Source material: SEC submissions metadata and DEF 14A proxy filings from EDGAR. Last updated: 2026-03-22