---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000833444-22-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JCI"
cik: "0000833444"
company_name: "Johnson Controls International plc"
filed_at: "2022-07-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T21:07:42.694640+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jeff Williams, President of Global Products, to retire from Johnson Controls on Aug 1, 2022

## Summary
- Jeff Williams, a 38-year veteran, will retire as President of Global Products effective August 1, 2022.
- Global Products generates more than one-third of Johnson Controls' approximately $24B annual revenue.
- A global search for a successor is underway; the role will focus on AI-driven building technology via OpenBlue.
- Williams co-authored the Johnson Controls Manufacturing Systems operating system guiding global operations.
- Chairman and CEO George Oliver thanked Williams for his service; no other executive changes announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000833444-22-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JCI
- cik: 0000833444
- company_name: Johnson Controls International plc
- filed_at: 2022-07-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344422000029/0000833444-22-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344422000029/jci-20220706.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000833444-22-000029
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000833444-22-000029.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000833444-22-000029.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeff Williams departed as Vice President and President, Global Products at Johnson Controls International plc.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Vice President and President, Global Products
  source text: On July 6, 2022, Johnson Controls International plc (the “Company”), announced that Jeff Williams, the Company’s Vice President and President, Global Products, has informed the Company of his decision to retire from such position effective August 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344422000029/0000833444-22-000029-index.htm

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