---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000002488-26-000163"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMD"
cik: "0000002488"
company_name: "ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC"
filed_at: "2026-08-19T20:16:56+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-19T20:18:19.967624+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AMD appoints Tim Ryan to board; Householder retires after 11+ years

## Summary
- Joseph Householder retires from AMD board effective Aug 19, 2026; served since 2014, no disagreement cited.
- Tim Ryan (Citi Head of Tech & Business Enablement, ex-PwC US Chair) appointed independent director effective Aug 19, 2026.
- KC McClure named Audit and Finance Committee chair; Nora Denzel joins committee; McClure also appointed to Nominating & Corporate Governance.
- Ryan has no family ties or 404(a) material interests; standard compensation and indemnity apply.
- Lisa Su cites Ryan's tech/operations/finance expertise as aiding AI and high-performance computing strategy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000002488-26-000163
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMD
- cik: 0000002488
- company_name: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC
- filed_at: 2026-08-19T20:16:56+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2488/000000248826000163/0000002488-26-000163-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2488/000000248826000163/amd-20260817.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000002488-26-000163
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000002488-26-000163.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000002488-26-000163.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joe Householder departed as Director at ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Joe Householder provided Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (the “Company”) with notice of his intention to retire from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) effective as of August 19, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2488/000000248826000163/0000002488-26-000163-index.htm
- Executive change
  Tim Ryan was appointed as Director at ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: on August 19, 2026, the Board appointed Mr. Tim Ryan as a member of the Board effective as of August 19, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2488/000000248826000163/0000002488-26-000163-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.