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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-002440"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QBTS"
cik: "0001907982"
company_name: "D-Wave Quantum Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T22:46:46.928964+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# D-Wave appoints former DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to board of directors

## Summary
- Kirstjen Nielsen, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, appointed independent director effective January 10, 2024.
- She will serve on the Compensation Committee; compensation consistent with other non-employee directors.
- Nielsen brings expertise in cybersecurity, emerging tech policy, and government adoption of quantum technology.
- Board chair Steve West cites accelerating government interest in quantum solutions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-002440
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QBTS
- cik: 0001907982
- company_name: D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1907982/000114036124002440/0001140361-24-002440-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1907982/000114036124002440/ef20018958_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-002440
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-002440.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-002440.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kirstjen Nielsen was appointed as independent director at D-Wave Quantum Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: independent director
  source text: On January 10, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of D-Wave Quantum Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen as an independent director, to hold office until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until her successor is duly elected and qualified, effective as of January 10, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1907982/000114036124002440/0001140361-24-002440-index.htm

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