---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001110803-25-000032"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ILMN"
cik: "0001110803"
company_name: "ILLUMINA, INC."
filed_at: "2025-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T05:30:11.074300+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Illumina elects Dr. Scott Gottlieb as Chair, appoints Keith Meister to board; Stephen MacMillan retires

## Summary
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb elected non-executive Chair of Illumina's Board, effective March 28, 2025.
- Keith Meister (Corvex Management founder) joins Board on March 28, 2025.
- Stephen MacMillan resigns from Board effective March 28, 2025; no dispute with company.
- Meister will stand for election at 2025 annual meeting; Gottlieb has served since 2020.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001110803-25-000032
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ILMN
- cik: 0001110803
- company_name: ILLUMINA, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1110803/000111080325000032/0001110803-25-000032-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1110803/000111080325000032/ilmn-20250325.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001110803-25-000032
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001110803-25-000032.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001110803-25-000032.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen P. MacMillan resigned as Director at ILLUMINA, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 25, 2025, Stephen P. MacMillan, notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Illumina, Inc. (the “Company”) of his intention to resign as a director of the Company, effective as of March 28, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1110803/000111080325000032/0001110803-25-000032-index.htm
- Executive change
  Keith A. Meister was elected as Director at ILLUMINA, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 25, 2025, the Board elected Keith A. Meister to serve on the Board beginning March 28, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1110803/000111080325000032/0001110803-25-000032-index.htm

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