---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000874761-21-000058"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AES"
cik: "0000874761"
company_name: "AES CORP"
filed_at: "2021-07-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T05:17:23.505287+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AES elects Maura Shaughnessy to board; appoints to audit and innovation committees

## Summary
- Maura Shaughnessy elected to AES Board effective July 15, 2021.
- She served as Global Portfolio Manager at MFS Investment Management and launched MFS Utilities Fund.
- Appointed to Financial Audit Committee and Innovation and Technology Committee.
- Will receive standard non-employee director compensation and $40,000 in deferred stock units.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000874761-21-000058
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AES
- cik: 0000874761
- company_name: AES CORP
- filed_at: 2021-07-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874761/000087476121000058/0000874761-21-000058-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874761/000087476121000058/aes-20210715.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000874761-21-000058
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000874761-21-000058.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000874761-21-000058.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Maura Shaughnessy was elected as Director at AES CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 15, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The AES Corporation (the “Company”) elected Maura Shaughnessy to the Board, effective immediately, and appointed her to the Financial Audit Committee and Innovation and Technology Committee of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874761/000087476121000058/0000874761-21-000058-index.htm

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