---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000043920-24-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEF"
cik: "0000043920"
company_name: "GREIF, INC"
filed_at: "2024-10-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T20:51:09.868262+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Vicki Avril-Groves to retire from Greif board effective Nov 1, 2024

## Summary
- Vicki Avril-Groves notified Greif on October 2, 2024 of her resignation, effective November 1, 2024.
- She served on the board since 2004, including as Audit Committee Chair for several years.
- Resignation is for personal reasons and not due to any disagreement with the company.
- No replacement has been announced as of the filing date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000043920-24-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEF
- cik: 0000043920
- company_name: GREIF, INC
- filed_at: 2024-10-04T23:59:59+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/43920/000004392024000048/0000043920-24-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/43920/000004392024000048/gef-20241004.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000043920-24-000048
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000043920-24-000048.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000043920-24-000048.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Vicki Avril-Groves departed as Director at GREIF, INC.
  - Action: resign and retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 2, 2024, Vicki Avril-Groves notified Greif, Inc. (the “Company”) that she will resign and retire from the Board of Directors of the Company, effective as of November 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/43920/000004392024000048/0000043920-24-000048-index.htm

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