---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000004962-22-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AXP"
cik: "0000004962"
company_name: "AMERICAN EXPRESS CO"
filed_at: "2022-10-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T05:13:12.248199+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Express elects former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Jay Clayton elected to American Express Board effective October 5, 2022.
- Clayton served as SEC Chairman from 2017 to 2020; currently Senior Policy Advisor at Sullivan & Cromwell.
- He also serves as Non-Executive Chairman of Apollo Global Management Inc.
- His deep regulatory and legal expertise expected to benefit the Board, per CEO Stephen Squeri.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000004962-22-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AXP
- cik: 0000004962
- company_name: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO
- filed_at: 2022-10-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/000000496222000048/0000004962-22-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/000000496222000048/axp-20221005.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004962-22-000048
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004962-22-000048.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004962-22-000048.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jay Clayton was elected as Director at AMERICAN EXPRESS CO.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: The Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) elected Walter Joseph “Jay” Clayton as a director of the Company, effective October 5, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/000000496222000048/0000004962-22-000048-index.htm

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