---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000049071-24-000047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HUM"
cik: "0000049071"
company_name: "HUMANA INC"
filed_at: "2024-10-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T11:13:50.538931+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Humana elects Gordon Smith (ex-JPMorgan executive) to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Gordon Smith elected to Board effective October 23, 2024, expanding Board from 11 to 12 directors.
- Smith is former Co-President & Co-COO of JPMorgan Chase (retired Jan. 2022) and an Operating Advisor at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
- Board determined Smith independent under NYSE standards; no material transactions with Humana.
- Compensation follows standard director policies, including restricted stock unit grant; no committee assignments yet.
- Smith brings deep operational expertise in consumer business, brand management, and digital transformation for Humana's growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000049071-24-000047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HUM
- cik: 0000049071
- company_name: HUMANA INC
- filed_at: 2024-10-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49071/000004907124000047/0000049071-24-000047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49071/000004907124000047/hum-20241023.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000049071-24-000047
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000049071-24-000047.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000049071-24-000047.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gordon Smith was elected as director at HUMANA INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: Effective October 23, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Humana Inc. (the “Company”) expanded its number of authorized directors from eleven to twelve and elected Gordon Smith as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49071/000004907124000047/0000049071-24-000047-index.htm

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