---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000040987-22-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPC"
cik: "0000040987"
company_name: "GENUINE PARTS CO"
filed_at: "2022-12-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T08:25:30.882661+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Genuine Parts appoints Stengel President & COO, Galla SVP & General Counsel effective Jan 1, 2023

## Summary
- William P. Stengel named President and COO, expanded role effective Jan 1, 2023; he had been President since Jan 2021.
- Christopher T. Galla appointed Senior Vice President and General Counsel, effective same date; he had been VP and General Counsel since Feb 2020.
- Stengel joined GPC in 2019 as EVP and Chief Transformation Officer; previously at HD Supply.
- Galla has been with GPC for nearly 18 years, now taking on governance, environmental, and compliance duties.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000040987-22-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPC
- cik: 0000040987
- company_name: GENUINE PARTS CO
- filed_at: 2022-12-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098722000044/0000040987-22-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098722000044/gpc-20221207.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040987-22-000044
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040987-22-000044.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040987-22-000044.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William P. Stengel was appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer at GENUINE PARTS CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: appointed William P. Stengel to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098722000044/0000040987-22-000044-index.htm

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