---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-21-001126"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WKC"
cik: "0000789460"
company_name: "WORLD KINECT CORP"
filed_at: "2021-09-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T05:39:48.190351+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# World Fuel Services elects Jill B. Smart to board of directors

## Summary
- Jill B. Smart, former CHRO of Accenture, joined the board effective September 2, 2021.
- Smart will serve on the Compensation and Governance committees.
- Receives 3,516 restricted stock units as prorated annual equity grant, vesting before 2022 annual meeting or May 21, 2022.
- Smart also serves on boards of EPAM Systems, AlixPartners, and HireRight.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-21-001126
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WKC
- cik: 0000789460
- company_name: WORLD KINECT CORP
- filed_at: 2021-09-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000115752321001126/0001157523-21-001126-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000115752321001126/a52487045.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-001126
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-001126.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-001126.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jill B. Smart was elected as Director at WORLD KINECT CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective September 2, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of World Fuel Services Corporation (the “Company”) elected Jill B. Smart as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789460/000115752321001126/0001157523-21-001126-index.htm

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