---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-22-012936"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETN"
cik: "0001551182"
company_name: "Eaton Corp plc"
filed_at: "2022-04-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T09:48:08.903474+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eaton appoints Heath Monesmith as Electrical Sector President/COO; Paulo Ruiz to lead Industrial Sector

## Summary
- Uday Yadav to leave Eaton on April 22, 2022, eligible for severance per proxy statement.
- Heath Monesmith, previously Industrial Sector COO, becomes Electrical Sector President/COO effective July 5, 2022.
- Paulo Ruiz, currently President of Energy Solutions and Services Americas, becomes Industrial Sector President/COO effective July 5, 2022.
- Monesmith to also oversee EMEA; Ruiz to oversee Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-22-012936
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETN
- cik: 0001551182
- company_name: Eaton Corp plc
- filed_at: 2022-04-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1551182/000114036122012936/0001140361-22-012936-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1551182/000114036122012936/brhc10036079_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-012936
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-012936.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-012936.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Heath Monesmith was appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer – Electrical Sector at Eaton Corp plc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer – Electrical Sector
  source text: Heath Monesmith, age 51, will be appointed President and Chief Operating Officer – Electrical Sector, effective July 5, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1551182/000114036122012936/0001140361-22-012936-index.htm
- Executive change
  Uday Yadav departed as President and Chief Operating Officer – Electrical Sector at Eaton Corp plc.
  - Action: leave
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer – Electrical Sector
  source text: Uday Yadav, President and Chief Operating Officer – Electrical Sector, has decided to leave the Company and to pursue other opportunities as of April 22, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1551182/000114036122012936/0001140361-22-012936-index.htm
- Executive change
  Paulo Ruiz was appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer – Industrial Sector at Eaton Corp plc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer – Industrial Sector
  source text: Paulo Ruiz will be appointed President and Chief Operating Officer – Industrial Sector, effective July 5, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1551182/000114036122012936/0001140361-22-012936-index.htm

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