---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000066740-23-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MMM"
cik: "0000066740"
company_name: "3M CO"
filed_at: "2023-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T17:19:37.551976+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# 3M appoints Michael G. Vale as Group President and Chief Business & Country Officer

## Summary
- Effective April 25, 2023, Michael G. Vale takes new role overseeing Safety & Industrial, Transportation & Electronics, and Consumer business groups.
- Role also includes responsibility for customer operations, country governance, and emerging markets.
- Vale had served as Group President/Executive VP, Safety & Industrial since 2019 and has 30 years at 3M.
- New position reports to CEO Michael F. Roman and expands Vale's scope, combining business group leadership with country operations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000066740-23-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MMM
- cik: 0000066740
- company_name: 3M CO
- filed_at: 2023-04-25T23:59:59+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/66740/000006674023000026/0000066740-23-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674023000026/mmm-20230425.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066740-23-000026
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066740-23-000026.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066740-23-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael G. Vale was appointed as Group President and Chief Business and Country Officer at 3M CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Group President and Chief Business and Country Officer
  source text: The Board of Directors of 3M Company (the Company) has appointed Michael G. Vale as the Company’s Group President and Chief Business and Country Officer, a new role on the Company’s Corporate Operations Committee, reporting to Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Michael F. Roman, effective April 25, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674023000026/0000066740-23-000026-index.htm

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