---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-215278"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HON"
cik: "0000773840"
company_name: "HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T05:33:28.921034+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Honeywell announces retirement of PMT head Rajeev Gautam; Kapur and Wright promoted

## Summary
- Rajeev Gautam to retire as PMT President/CEO effective Aug 13, 2021; will stay as President Emeritus through Jan 2022.
- Vimal Kapur, formerly HBT President/CEO, appointed to succeed Gautam as PMT President/CEO, effective immediately.
- Doug Wright, formerly President of HBT Fire & Security, appointed to succeed Kapur as HBT President/CEO, effective immediately.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-215278
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HON
- cik: 0000773840
- company_name: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773840/000119312521215278/0001193125-21-215278-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773840/000119312521215278/d153129d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-215278.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Doug Wright was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of HBT at HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer of HBT
  source text: Mr. Doug Wright, age 51, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Kapur as President and Chief Executive Officer of HBT.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773840/000119312521215278/0001193125-21-215278-index.htm
- Executive change
  Vimal Kapur was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of PMT at HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer of PMT
  source text: Mr. Vimal Kapur, age 55, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Gautam as President and Chief Executive Officer of PMT.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773840/000119312521215278/0001193125-21-215278-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rajeev Gautam departed as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Performance Materials and Technologies segment at HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer of the Performance Materials and Technologies segment
  source text: On July 14, 2021, Rajeev Gautam, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Performance Materials and Technologies segment (“PMT”) of Honeywell International Inc. (the “Company”), communicated his intent to retire from the Company effective as of August 13, 2021 (the “Retirement Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773840/000119312521215278/0001193125-21-215278-index.htm

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