---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-113983"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBWI"
cik: "0000701985"
company_name: "Bath & Body Works, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T15:53:27.978440+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bath & Body Works appoints Gina Boswell as CEO effective December 1, 2022

## Summary
- Gina Boswell named CEO and board member; starts December 1, 2022.
- Interim CEO Sarah Nash steps down Dec 1; remains Executive Chair through Jan 28, 2023, then non-executive Chair.
- Boswell brings 30+ years at Unilever, Alberto Culver, Estée Lauder; led multi-billion dollar portfolios.
- Compensation: $1.5M salary, 190% target bonus, $7.5M annual equity, $4M sign-on RSUs, $1.5M cash sign-on.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-113983
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBWI
- cik: 0000701985
- company_name: Bath & Body Works, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/701985/000110465922113983/0001104659-22-113983-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/701985/000110465922113983/tm2229504d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-113983.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gina Boswell was appointed as member of the Board at Bath & Body Works, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: The Company also announced that Ms. Boswell will be appointed as a member of the Board on December 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/701985/000110465922113983/0001104659-22-113983-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sarah E. Nash changed role as non-executive Chair of the Board at Bath & Body Works, Inc..
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: non-executive Chair of the Board
  source text: Sarah E. Nash will cease serving as Interim Chief Executive Officer effective as of December 1, 2022 and as Executive Chair of the Board as of the end of the Company’s fiscal year on January 28, 2023, at which time she will transition to non-executive Chair of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/701985/000110465922113983/0001104659-22-113983-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gina Boswell was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Bath & Body Works, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On November 2, 2022, Bath & Body Works, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Gina Boswell as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective as of December 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/701985/000110465922113983/0001104659-22-113983-index.htm

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