---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000793074-24-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WERN"
cik: "0000793074"
company_name: "WERNER ENTERPRISES INC"
filed_at: "2024-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T05:54:38.730106+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Vikram Mansharamani resigns from Werner board citing material disagreements

## Summary
- Resignation effective Feb 27, 2024; term was set to expire May 14, 2024.
- Mansharamani was not renominated after expressing interest in a second term.
- Cites ongoing material disagreements with Board over social responsibility and governance.
- Company disagrees with his statements, says conflicts relate to differing philosophical principles.
- He served on Audit, ESG (until May 2023), and Nominating committees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000793074-24-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WERN
- cik: 0000793074
- company_name: WERNER ENTERPRISES INC
- filed_at: 2024-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793074/000079307424000016/0000793074-24-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793074/000079307424000016/wern-20240227.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000793074-24-000016
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000793074-24-000016.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000793074-24-000016.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Vikram Mansharamani resigned as Director at WERNER ENTERPRISES INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 27, 2024, Vikram Mansharamani, Ph.D. submitted to Derek Leathers, CEO and Chairman, and the independent members of the Board of Directors of Werner Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) his letter of resignation from the Company’s Board of Directors, effective on such date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793074/000079307424000016/0000793074-24-000016-index.htm

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