---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000012927-21-000078"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BA"
cik: "0000012927"
company_name: "BOEING CO"
filed_at: "2021-09-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T06:22:41.806871+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Boeing elects ex-GE Aviation CEO David Joyce to board; Giambastiani to retire

## Summary
- David L. Joyce elected to Boeing's board effective Aug 31, 2021; will serve on Aerospace Safety and Compensation committees.
- Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr. informed the company he will retire from the board at end of 2021.
- Joyce was president/CEO of GE Aviation from 2008-2020 and retired as GE vice chair in 2020.
- Giambastiani chaired the Committee on Airplane Policies and Procedures and later the Aerospace Safety Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000012927-21-000078
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BA
- cik: 0000012927
- company_name: BOEING CO
- filed_at: 2021-09-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000001292721000078/0000012927-21-000078-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000001292721000078/ba-20210831.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000012927-21-000078
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000012927-21-000078.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000012927-21-000078.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr. departed as Director at BOEING CO.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 31, 2021, Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr. informed the Company that he will retire from the Board at the end of 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000001292721000078/0000012927-21-000078-index.htm
- Executive change
  David L. Joyce was elected as Director at BOEING CO.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 31, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Boeing Company (the “Company”) elected David L. Joyce as a director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000001292721000078/0000012927-21-000078-index.htm

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