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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000012927-22-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BA"
cik: "0000012927"
company_name: "BOEING CO"
filed_at: "2022-06-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T23:53:04.009641+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Boeing elects Carrier CEO David L. Gitlin to board; adds aerospace safety expertise

## Summary
- Gitlin, Chairman and CEO of Carrier, brings over 20 years of aerospace industry experience.
- Appointed to Aerospace Safety and Finance Committees; election fulfills March 2022 derivative settlement commitment to add director with aerospace/engineering/safety background.
- Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun says Gitlin will help rebuild trust and strengthen safety and quality.
- Seven independent directors have joined the board since April 2019, adding expertise in safety, engineering, manufacturing, and cyber.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000012927-22-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BA
- cik: 0000012927
- company_name: BOEING CO
- filed_at: 2022-06-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000001292722000040/0000012927-22-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000001292722000040/ba-20220621.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000012927-22-000040
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000012927-22-000040.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000012927-22-000040.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David L. Gitlin was elected as director at BOEING CO.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On June 21, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Boeing Company (the “Company”) elected David L. Gitlin as a director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000001292722000040/0000012927-22-000040-index.htm

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