---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000947871-21-001032"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ADV"
cik: "0001776661"
company_name: "Advantage Solutions Inc."
filed_at: "2021-10-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T00:03:13.779381+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Advantage Solutions appoints SAP's Robin Manherz to board effective Oct 1, replacing Muñoz

## Summary
- Elizabeth Muñoz resigned from Board and Audit Committee; resignation not due to any disagreement.
- Robin Manherz appointed as Class II director and Audit Committee member, effective October 1, 2021.
- Manherz is EVP & COO at SAP across Sales, Services, and Customer Engagement globally.
- She brings 25 years of technology and business experience; will receive standard non-employee director compensation.
- Manherz previously held executive roles at SAP including Chief Performance Officer and SVP of Global Corporate Portfolio Planning.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000947871-21-001032
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ADV
- cik: 0001776661
- company_name: Advantage Solutions Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-10-01T23:59:59+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/1776661/000094787121001032/0000947871-21-001032-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776661/000094787121001032/ss504572_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-21-001032
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-21-001032.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robin Manherz was appointed as Class II director at Advantage Solutions Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II director
  source text: The Board appointed Robin Manherz, effective as of October 1, 2021, as a Class II director to fill the vacancy left by Ms. Muñoz’s resignation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776661/000094787121001032/0000947871-21-001032-index.htm
- Executive change
  Elizabeth Muñoz resigned as director at Advantage Solutions Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: director
  source text: On September 29, 2021, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Advantage Solutions Inc. (the “Company”) accepted the resignation of Elizabeth Muñoz from the Board and the Audit Committee of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776661/000094787121001032/0000947871-21-001032-index.htm

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