---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-253987"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WMB"
cik: "0000107263"
company_name: "WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC."
filed_at: "2021-08-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T08:19:08.896561+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Williams CFO John Chandler to retire effective March 31, 2022; successor search underway

## Summary
- John Chandler, SVP and CFO, intends to retire from Williams effective March 31, 2022.
- Chandler has served as CFO since September 2017; previously CFO of Magellan Midstream Partners.
- CEO Alan Armstrong praised Chandler's financial stewardship, balance sheet improvement, and deleveraging.
- Company has begun a search for a successor; Chandler will assist in the transition process.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-253987
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WMB
- cik: 0000107263
- company_name: WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-08-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000119312521253987/0001193125-21-253987-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000119312521253987/d47307d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-253987
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-253987.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-253987.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John D. Chandler departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC..
  - Action: indicated his intent to retire
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 20, 2021, John D. Chandler, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer indicated his intent to retire from The Williams Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) effective March 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000119312521253987/0001193125-21-253987-index.htm

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