---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000107263-26-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WMB"
cik: "0000107263"
company_name: "WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC."
filed_at: "2026-07-01T20:38:57+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-01T20:40:14.118180+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Williams appoints Billy Helms and Robb Turner to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Helms, former EOG Resources president, brings 40+ years energy experience; Turner, ArcLight co-founder, has 35+ years in energy finance.
- Board expanded from 10 to 12 members; both are independent directors effective July 1, 2026.
- Helms to serve on Compensation and EHS committees; Turner on Audit and Governance committees.
- Each receives $130K annual cash retainer and $200K annual equity retainer in RSUs; 2026 awards subject to one-year deferral.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000107263-26-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WMB
- cik: 0000107263
- company_name: WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-07-01T20:38:57+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000010726326000020/0000107263-26-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000010726326000020/wmb-20260701.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107263-26-000020
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107263-26-000020.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107263-26-000020.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lloyd W. (Billy) Helms, Jr. was appointed as Director at WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 1, 2026, The Williams Companies, Inc. (“the Company”) announced that Robb E. Turner and Lloyd W. (Billy) Helms, Jr., have been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000010726326000020/0000107263-26-000020-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robb E. Turner was appointed as Director at WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 1, 2026, The Williams Companies, Inc. (“the Company”) announced that Robb E. Turner and Lloyd W. (Billy) Helms, Jr., have been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000010726326000020/0000107263-26-000020-index.htm

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