---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000731766-22-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNH"
cik: "0000731766"
company_name: "UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T07:11:43.284604+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UnitedHealth Group appoints Patricia Lewis as Chief Sustainability Officer; HR role vacated

## Summary
- Patricia L. Lewis transitions from EVP/Chief HR Officer to Chief Sustainability Officer effective Feb 14, 2022.
- Company expects to name a new human capital leader shortly; Lewis remains in executive officer capacity.
- No change to CEO or CFO roles; internal reassignment within C-suite.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000731766-22-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNH
- cik: 0000731766
- company_name: UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/731766/000073176622000010/0000731766-22-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/731766/000073176622000010/unh-20220214.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000731766-22-000010
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000731766-22-000010.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000731766-22-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patricia L. Lewis changed role as Chief Sustainability Officer at UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC.
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Chief Sustainability Officer
  source text: UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (the “Company”) has announced that, effective February 14, 2022, Patricia L. Lewis, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, transitioned from that role to begin serving as the Company’s Chief Sustainability Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/731766/000073176622000010/0000731766-22-000010-index.htm

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