---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-003401"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HUN"
cik: "0001307954"
company_name: "Huntsman CORP"
filed_at: "2022-01-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T18:32:59.878295+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Huntsman appoints David Sewell (WestRock CEO) to Board; Wayne Reaud to retire at 2022 annual meeting

## Summary
- David Sewell, CEO of WestRock, appointed as independent director effective Jan. 7, 2022.
- Wayne Reaud, Chair of Litigation and Public Policy and Compensation Committees, to retire at 2022 Annual Meeting.
- Huntsman has appointed eight new independent directors since 2018, continuing board refresh.
- Press release also notes strategic review of Textile Effects Division and incentive compensation tied to Investor Day targets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-003401
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HUN
- cik: 0001307954
- company_name: Huntsman CORP
- filed_at: 2022-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307954/000110465922003401/0001104659-22-003401-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307954/000110465922003401/tm222714d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-003401
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-003401.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-003401.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Wayne A. Reaud retired as Director (Chair of Litigation and Public Policy and Compensation Committees) at Huntsman CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director (Chair of Litigation and Public Policy and Compensation Committees)
  source text: Retirement of Director Wayne A. Reaud, Chair of the Litigation and Public Policy and Compensation Committees announced that he will be retiring from the Board at the end of his current term immediately before the 2022 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307954/000110465922003401/0001104659-22-003401-index.htm
- Executive change
  David B. Sewell was appointed as Director at Huntsman CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 11, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Huntsman Corporation (the “Company”) announced the appointment of David B. Sewell, age 53, effective January 7, 2022, to the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307954/000110465922003401/0001104659-22-003401-index.htm

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