---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-370629"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WTW"
cik: "0001140536"
company_name: "WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC"
filed_at: "2021-12-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T21:37:00.025826+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Willis Towers Watson announces four directors not standing for re-election; new chair appointed

## Summary
- Anna Catalano, Wendy Lane, Wilhelm Zeller will not stand for re-election at 2022 AGM; Victor Ganzi previously announced departure.
- Board refreshment plan: three new directors join Jan 1, 2022; fourth joins Apr 1, 2022.
- Paul Thomas appointed as next Non-Executive Chair, effective after 2022 AGM through 2023 AGM.
- No disagreements between any departing director and the Company regarding operations, policies, or practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-370629
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WTW
- cik: 0001140536
- company_name: WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC
- filed_at: 2021-12-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140536/000119312521370629/0001193125-21-370629-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140536/000119312521370629/d247792d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-370629
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-370629.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-370629.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Wilhelm Zeller departed as Director at WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 28, 2021, each of Anna Catalano, Wendy Lane and Wilhelm Zeller provided notice to Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company (the “Company”) that they had definitively concluded that they will not be standing for re-election to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the 2022 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (“AGM”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140536/000119312521370629/0001193125-21-370629-index.htm
- Executive change
  Paul Thomas was appointed as Non-Executive Chair at WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Non-Executive Chair
  source text: The Board has also appointed Paul Thomas to serve as the next Non-Executive Chair of the Board, succeeding Victor Ganzi at the conclusion of his term at the 2022 AGM.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140536/000119312521370629/0001193125-21-370629-index.htm
- Executive change
  Anna Catalano departed as Director at WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 28, 2021, each of Anna Catalano, Wendy Lane and Wilhelm Zeller provided notice to Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company (the “Company”) that they had definitively concluded that they will not be standing for re-election to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the 2022 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (“AGM”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140536/000119312521370629/0001193125-21-370629-index.htm
- Executive change
  Wendy Lane departed as Director at WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 28, 2021, each of Anna Catalano, Wendy Lane and Wilhelm Zeller provided notice to Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company (the “Company”) that they had definitively concluded that they will not be standing for re-election to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the 2022 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (“AGM”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140536/000119312521370629/0001193125-21-370629-index.htm
- Executive change
  Victor Ganzi departed as Director at WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: As previously announced in November, Victor Ganzi had given notice that he will not be standing for re-election to the Board at the 2022 AGM.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140536/000119312521370629/0001193125-21-370629-index.htm

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