---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000078003-24-000185"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PFE"
cik: "0000078003"
company_name: "PFIZER INC"
filed_at: "2024-10-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T15:03:25.350329+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pfizer elects former Vanguard CEO Tim Buckley to board of directors

## Summary
- Mortimer J. Buckley elected to Pfizer Board effective Oct 10; appointed to Audit and Governance committees.
- Buckley served as Vanguard Chairman & CEO from 2018 until retirement in 2024; previously CIO.
- Board now has 14 directors, 13 of whom are independent.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000078003-24-000185
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PFE
- cik: 0000078003
- company_name: PFIZER INC
- filed_at: 2024-10-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78003/000007800324000185/0000078003-24-000185-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78003/000007800324000185/pfe-20241010.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000078003-24-000185
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000078003-24-000185.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000078003-24-000185.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mortimer J. Buckley was elected as member of the Board at PFIZER INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: elected Mortimer J. Buckley to serve as a member of the Company’s Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78003/000007800324000185/0000078003-24-000185-index.htm

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