---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-049334"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OTIS"
cik: "0001781335"
company_name: "Otis Worldwide Corp"
filed_at: "2023-10-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T14:26:27.260741+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Otis appoints Bartlett and Brannon to board; McGraw to retire Dec 7

## Summary
- Tom Bartlett, President/CEO of American Tower Corp, appointed board member effective Oct 27, 2023.
- Jill Brannon, EVP/Chief Sales Officer at FedEx, appointed board member effective Oct 27, 2023.
- Harold W. McGraw III to retire from board effective Dec 7, 2023; he had served since April 2020.
- Bartlett to serve on Audit and Compensation Committees; Brannon on Audit and Nominations & Governance.
- Board will have 11 members after changes; both new directors are independent per NYSE standards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-049334
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OTIS
- cik: 0001781335
- company_name: Otis Worldwide Corp
- filed_at: 2023-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1781335/000114036123049334/0001140361-23-049334-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1781335/000114036123049334/ef20013028_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-049334
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-049334.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-049334.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jill Brannon was appointed as Director at Otis Worldwide Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 24, 2023, the Board appointed Thomas Bartlett and Jill Brannon to its Board of Directors, effective October 27, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1781335/000114036123049334/0001140361-23-049334-index.htm
- Executive change
  Thomas Bartlett was appointed as Director at Otis Worldwide Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 24, 2023, the Board appointed Thomas Bartlett and Jill Brannon to its Board of Directors, effective October 27, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1781335/000114036123049334/0001140361-23-049334-index.htm
- Executive change
  Harold W. McGraw III departed as Director at Otis Worldwide Corp.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 19, 2023, Harold W. McGraw III announced that he will retire from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Otis Worldwide Corporation (the “Company”), effective December 7, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1781335/000114036123049334/0001140361-23-049334-index.htm

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