---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-013554"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CE"
cik: "0001306830"
company_name: "Celanese Corp"
filed_at: "2025-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T19:25:22.986762+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Celanese elects Scott Sutton to board; forms Finance and Business Review Committee

## Summary
- Scott Sutton elected to Celanese board effective March 1, 2025; will stand for election at 2025 annual meeting.
- Sutton, former Olin CEO and ex-Celanese COO, co-chairs new Finance and Business Review Committee with CEO Richardson.
- Committee tasked with overseeing financial position, cost reduction, cash flow prioritization, deleveraging, and asset portfolio review.
- Board expanded from 12 to 13 members; Sutton deemed independent under NYSE listing standards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-013554
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CE
- cik: 0001306830
- company_name: Celanese Corp
- filed_at: 2025-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000110465925013554/0001104659-25-013554-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000110465925013554/tm256247d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-013554
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-013554.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-013554.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott Sutton was elected as Director at Celanese Corp.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 13, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Celanese Corporation (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from 12 to 13 members and elected Scott Sutton as a director of the Company, in each case effective March 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000110465925013554/0001104659-25-013554-index.htm

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