---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-193655"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GOOGL"
cik: "0001652044"
company_name: "Alphabet Inc."
filed_at: "2022-07-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T15:10:56.825519+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alphabet appoints R. Martin Chávez to Board of Directors, effective immediately

## Summary
- Appointed R. Martin 'Marty' Chávez to Board and Audit & Compliance Committee, effective July 11, 2022.
- Chávez is partner & vice chairman at Sixth Street; previously held executive roles at Goldman Sachs including CFO and CIO.
- Received an initial $1,000,000 RSU grant (Class C stock), vesting over 4 years; also eligible for standard non-employee director compensation.
- Robin L. Washington resigned from Audit & Compliance Committee but continues as chair of Leadership Development, Inclusion and Compensation Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-193655
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GOOGL
- cik: 0001652044
- company_name: Alphabet Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-07-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000119312522193655/0001193125-22-193655-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000119312522193655/d336210d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-193655.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  R. Martin Chávez was appointed as Member of the Board of Directors at Alphabet Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On July 11, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Alphabet Inc. (the “ Company ”) appointed R. Martin Chávez to serve as a member of the Board and the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Board (the “ Audit and Compliance Committee ”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000119312522193655/0001193125-22-193655-index.htm

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