---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-001814"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WEX"
cik: "0001309108"
company_name: "WEX Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T14:47:21.546321+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WEX elects Aimee Cardwell, former UnitedHealth Group CISO, to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Board expanded from 11 to 12 members; Cardwell elected as Class I Director effective Dec 7, 2023.
- Cardwell brings over 20 years of experience in payments, health, and cybersecurity.
- Appointed to Audit Committee and Technology and Cybersecurity Committee.
- No arrangements or related-party transactions with the company disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-001814
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WEX
- cik: 0001309108
- company_name: WEX Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-11T23:59:59+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/1309108/000115752323001814/0001157523-23-001814-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309108/000115752323001814/a53868671.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001814
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001814.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001814.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Aimee Cardwell was elected as Class I Director at WEX Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Class I Director
  source text: On December 7, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of WEX Inc. (the “Company”) voted to increase the size of the Board from 11 to 12 members and elected Aimee Cardwell as a Class I Director to fill the resulting vacancy, effective immediately, with a term expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309108/000115752323001814/0001157523-23-001814-index.htm

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