---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000097745-22-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TMO"
cik: "0000097745"
company_name: "THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC."
filed_at: "2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T05:13:46.596949+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Thermo Fisher elects Ruby R. Chandy to board; director Thomas J. Lynch to retire at 2022 annual meeting

## Summary
- Board increased to 13; Ruby R. Chandy elected effective March 1, 2022, term through 2022 annual meeting; serve on Audit Committee.
- Thomas J. Lynch (Lead Director since 2020) to retire at 2022 annual meeting; board to reduce to 12 members.
- Chandy was President of Industrial Division at Pall Corp; prior roles at Dow Chemical and Rohm and Haas; also on DuPont and Flowserve boards.
- Non-management directors receive $125k annual cash retainer; committee chairs get additional $20k-$25k; equity per Compensation Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000097745-22-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TMO
- cik: 0000097745
- company_name: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
- filed_at: 2022-02-24T23:59:59+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/97745/000009774522000008/0000097745-22-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97745/000009774522000008/tmo-20220223.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000097745-22-000008
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000097745-22-000008.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000097745-22-000008.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ruby R. Chandy was elected as director at THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On February 23, 2022, the Board of Directors of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of its board to thirteen members and elected Ruby R. Chandy as a director of the Company for a term expiring at the Company’s 2022 annual meeting, both effective as of March 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97745/000009774522000008/0000097745-22-000008-index.htm
- Executive change
  Thomas J. Lynch departed as director at THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: director
  source text: Also on February 23, 2022, Thomas J. Lynch, who has served as a director of the Company since 2009, and as Lead Director since 2020, advised the Board that he plans to retire from the Board when his current term as a director expires at the 2022 annual meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97745/000009774522000008/0000097745-22-000008-index.htm

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