---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000043920-23-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEF"
cik: "0000043920"
company_name: "GREIF, INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T04:16:21.665772+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Greif Executive Chairman Peter G. Watson retires as employee; to step down from Board at annual meeting

## Summary
- Peter G. Watson retired as employee and Executive Chairman on Feb 1, 2023; title changed to Chairman of the Board.
- He will remain on the Board through the 2023 Annual Meeting on Feb 28, 2023, and will not stand for re-election.
- Watson was a Named Executive Officer; no replacement for Executive Chairman role has been announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000043920-23-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEF
- cik: 0000043920
- company_name: GREIF, INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/43920/000004392023000007/0000043920-23-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/43920/000004392023000007/gef-20230201.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000043920-23-000007
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000043920-23-000007.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000043920-23-000007.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter G. Watson retired as Executive Chairman at GREIF, INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: On February 1, 2023, Peter G. Watson, Executive Chairman and a Named Executive Officer of Greif, Inc. (the “Company”), retired as an employee of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/43920/000004392023000007/0000043920-23-000007-index.htm

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