Gibraltar Industries CFO to resign, insider named interim replacement

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROCK) announced that Chief Financial Officer Joe Lovechio will resign effective November 20, 2026, to pursue another professional opportunity.

The company's board of directors has appointed Jeffrey Watorek as Interim Chief Financial Officer, also effective November 20, 2026. Watorek has served as Gibraltar's Vice President and Treasurer since 2017. A search for a permanent CFO successor is underway.

Watorek joined Gibraltar in 2008 as Manager of External Reporting, later becoming Director of Financial Planning and Analysis in 2012 before his appointment as Vice President and Treasurer in April 2017. He began his career at Ernst & Young as Audit Staff Manager and holds a B.S. and MBA in Accounting from Canisius College.

Chairman and CEO Bill Bosway said in a statement that Watorek has been with Gibraltar for over 18 years and has experience in treasury, mergers and acquisitions, financial planning and analysis, and tax, adding that he has been involved in the company's recent portfolio simplification and M&A initiatives.

Gibraltar, headquartered in Buffalo, N.Y., manufactures and provides products and services for residential and agtech markets.

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