---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000851968-23-000079"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MHK"
cik: "0000851968"
company_name: "MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-07-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T07:59:11.380490+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mohawk names Wim Messiaen to lead Flooring Rest of World segment; Thiers transitions to advisor

## Summary
- Wim Messiaen joins Oct 16, 2023 as president-elect of Flooring Rest of World segment.
- Effective Feb 1, 2024, Messiaen succeeds Bernard Thiers, who moves to senior advisory role.
- Messiaen previously CEO of VPK Group's corrugated packaging division for 5 years.
- Thiers led segment since 2009, driving growth via acquisitions like IVC and Godfrey Hirst.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000851968-23-000079
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MHK
- cik: 0000851968
- company_name: MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-07-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851968/000085196823000079/0000851968-23-000079-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851968/000085196823000079/mhk-20230717.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000851968-23-000079
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000851968-23-000079.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000851968-23-000079.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Wim Messiaen was appointed as President at MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: will succeed as president
  - Role: President
  source text: Wim Messiaen, who has served for the past five years as Chief Executive Officer of the corrugated packaging division of VPK Group, will join the Company on October 16, 2023, following the completion of his contractual notice, and will succeed Bernard Thiers as president of the Company’s Flooring Rest of the World segment effective February 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851968/000085196823000079/0000851968-23-000079-index.htm
- Executive change
  Bernard Thiers changed role as President at MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: will continue in a senior advisory role
  - Role: President
  source text: Mr. Thiers will continue in a senior advisory role after February 1, 2024, to ensure a successful transition of the business and its strategies.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851968/000085196823000079/0000851968-23-000079-index.htm

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