---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-011281"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WM"
cik: "0000823768"
company_name: "WASTE MANAGEMENT INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T00:38:42.424013+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WM adds Bruce Chinn to Board; Director Weidemeyer to retire at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Bruce Chinn elected as additional director effective Feb 10, 2023; appointed to Audit Committee.
- Chinn is President & CEO of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC.
- Compensation for current six-month period: stock award of $70,200 and cash of $46,800.
- Chairman Thomas Weidemeyer will not stand for re-election; Board to reduce from 10 to 9 members.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-011281
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WM
- cik: 0000823768
- company_name: WASTE MANAGEMENT INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465923011281/0001104659-23-011281-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465923011281/tm235358d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-011281
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-011281.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-011281.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bruce E. Chinn was elected as Director at WASTE MANAGEMENT INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: elected Mr. Bruce E. Chinn as an additional member of the Board, effective as of February 10, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465923011281/0001104659-23-011281-index.htm
- Executive change
  Thomas H. Weidemeyer departed as Director at WASTE MANAGEMENT INC.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: Director Thomas H. Weidemeyer has reached the retirement age set forth in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines; therefore, he will not stand for re-election and his term as a director of the Company will expire at the 2023 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465923011281/0001104659-23-011281-index.htm

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