---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-091190"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EWCZ"
cik: "0001856236"
company_name: "European Wax Center, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T12:39:17.494079+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# European Wax Center appoints Julia Hunter to board, replacing Shaw Joseph

## Summary
- Shaw Joseph resigned from board effective Aug 1, 2024; not due to any disagreement with the company.
- Julia Hunter appointed as Class I director, term expires at 2025 annual meeting; also serves on Nominating and Governance Committee.
- Hunter is CEO of Jenni Kayne, with prior roles at J. Crew, Louis Vuitton, and experience in consumer retail.
- Hunter receives initial RSU grant valued at $62,500 vesting over eight quarterly installments, plus annual cash retainer of $50,000.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-091190
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EWCZ
- cik: 0001856236
- company_name: European Wax Center, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856236/000095017024091190/0000950170-24-091190-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856236/000095017024091190/ewcz-20240801.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 1bdf7cc8c3
  claim: Shaw Joseph resigned as Director at European Wax Center, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: On August 1, 2024, Shaw Joseph notified European Wax Center, Inc. (the “Company”) that he would be resigning from the Company’s Board of Directors (“the Board”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856236/000095017024091190/0000950170-24-091190-index.htm
- claim_id: 518152ffff
  claim: Julia Hunter was appointed as Director at European Wax Center, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: Following Mr. Joseph’s resignation, on August 1, 2024, the Board appointed Julia Hunter as a director of the Company to fill the vacancy on the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856236/000095017024091190/0000950170-24-091190-index.htm

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