---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000043920-22-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEF"
cik: "0000043920"
company_name: "GREIF, INC"
filed_at: "2022-09-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T18:05:06.249598+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Greif elects Roel Vestjens (CEO of Belden) to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Roel Vestjens elected to fill a newly created board vacancy effective August 29, 2022.
- Vestjens is President and CEO of Belden Inc., with prior leadership at Royal Philips Electronics.
- Appointed to the Compensation Committee of Greif's Board.
- Term runs until next annual stockholders meeting and until successor is qualified.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000043920-22-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEF
- cik: 0000043920
- company_name: GREIF, INC
- filed_at: 2022-09-01T23:59:59+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/43920/000004392022000063/0000043920-22-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/43920/000004392022000063/gef-20220901.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000043920-22-000063
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000043920-22-000063.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000043920-22-000063.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Roel Vestjens was elected as Director at GREIF, INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 29, 2022, at the Company’s Board of Directors meeting, the Board, in accordance with Article II, Section 2.1 of the Company’s By-Laws, approved a resolution to fix the number of directors of the Company at 12 and elected Roel Vestjens as a director to fill the newly created vacancy on the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/43920/000004392022000063/0000043920-22-000063-index.htm

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