---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000773840-22-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HON"
cik: "0000773840"
company_name: "HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2022-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T20:47:10.491765+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Honeywell appoints George Koutsaftes as SPS President & CEO effective April 1, 2022

## Summary
- George Koutsaftes appointed COO of Honeywell's Safety and Productivity Solutions segment immediately.
- Koutsaftes will succeed John F. Waldron as President and CEO of SPS effective April 1, 2022.
- Waldron transitions to another senior leadership role within Honeywell after April 1.
- Koutsaftes previously led the Advanced Materials business in the PMT segment since November 2017.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000773840-22-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HON
- cik: 0000773840
- company_name: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2022-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773840/000077384022000003/0000773840-22-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773840/000077384022000003/hon-20220105.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000773840-22-000003
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000773840-22-000003.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000773840-22-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John F. Waldron was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Safety and Productivity Solutions segment at HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: will continue to serve until April 1, then be appointed to another senior leadership role
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer of Safety and Productivity Solutions segment
  source text: Mr. Waldron will continue to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of SPS until April 1, 2022, when he will then be appointed to another senior leadership role within Honeywell.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773840/000077384022000003/0000773840-22-000003-index.htm
- Executive change
  George Koutsaftes was elected as President and Chief Executive Officer of Safety and Productivity Solutions segment at HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer of Safety and Productivity Solutions segment
  source text: and has been elected by the Board of Directors to succeed Mr. John F. Waldron, age 46, as President and Chief Executive Officer of SPS and as an executive officer of the Company, effective April 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773840/000077384022000003/0000773840-22-000003-index.htm
- Executive change
  George Koutsaftes was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Safety and Productivity Solutions segment at HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer of Safety and Productivity Solutions segment
  source text: Mr. George Koutsaftes, age 52, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of its Safety and Productivity Solutions segment (“SPS”), effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773840/000077384022000003/0000773840-22-000003-index.htm

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