---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-278771"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VZ"
cik: "0000732712"
company_name: "VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC"
filed_at: "2022-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T06:07:25.254891+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Verizon elects Vittorio Colao to board; former Vodafone CEO and Italian minister

## Summary
- Vittorio Colao elected to Verizon board effective Nov 4, 2022.
- Colao served as Italian Minister for Innovation, Digital Transition and Space and former CEO of Vodafone Group.
- Appointed to Corporate Governance and Policy Committee and Finance Committee.
- Will not receive standard 3,000 share equivalent grant for new directors, having received it during prior board service in 2019.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-278771
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VZ
- cik: 0000732712
- company_name: VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC
- filed_at: 2022-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312522278771/0001193125-22-278771-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312522278771/d416800d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-278771
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-278771.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-278771.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Vittorio Colao was elected as director at VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On November 4, 2022, the Board of Directors of Verizon Communications Inc. (Verizon) elected Vittorio Colao, former Italian Minister for Innovation, Digital Transition and Space, and former Chief Executive of Vodafone Group Plc, as a director, and appointed him to the Corporate Governance and Policy Committee and the Finance Committee, effective November 4, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312522278771/0001193125-22-278771-index.htm

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