---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-301174"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WTW"
cik: "0001140536"
company_name: "WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC"
filed_at: "2022-12-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T06:39:40.564392+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WTW appoints three new directors; two incumbents won't stand for re-election

## Summary
- Stephen Chipman (ex-Grant Thornton CEO), Jackie Hunt (ex-Allianz AM chair), and Fredric Tomczyk (ex-TD Ameritrade CEO) join Board effective April 1, 2023.
- Brendan O'Neill and Linda Rabbitt will not stand for re-election at the 2023 AGM; no disagreements cited.
- Board size temporarily increases to 12 before April 1, then reduces to 10 after the 2023 AGM.
- Appointments result from multi-year succession planning with search firm assistance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-301174
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WTW
- cik: 0001140536
- company_name: WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC
- filed_at: 2022-12-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140536/000119312522301174/0001193125-22-301174-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140536/000119312522301174/d429324d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-301174
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-301174.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-301174.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen Chipman was appointed as Director at WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 7, 2022, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Willis Towers Watson (the "Company") appointed Mr. Stephen Chipman, Ms. Jackie Hunt, and Mr. Fredric Tomczyk to the Board, each with a start date effective April 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140536/000119312522301174/0001193125-22-301174-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brendan O'Neill departed as Director at WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: two current directors, Mr. Brendan O'Neill and Ms. Linda Rabbitt, gave notice to the Company that they will not be standing for re-election at the Company's next Annual General Meeting, to be held in the second quarter of 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140536/000119312522301174/0001193125-22-301174-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jackie Hunt was appointed as Director at WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 7, 2022, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Willis Towers Watson (the "Company") appointed Mr. Stephen Chipman, Ms. Jackie Hunt, and Mr. Fredric Tomczyk to the Board, each with a start date effective April 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140536/000119312522301174/0001193125-22-301174-index.htm
- Executive change
  Fredric Tomczyk was appointed as Director at WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 7, 2022, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Willis Towers Watson (the "Company") appointed Mr. Stephen Chipman, Ms. Jackie Hunt, and Mr. Fredric Tomczyk to the Board, each with a start date effective April 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140536/000119312522301174/0001193125-22-301174-index.htm
- Executive change
  Linda Rabbitt departed as Director at WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: two current directors, Mr. Brendan O'Neill and Ms. Linda Rabbitt, gave notice to the Company that they will not be standing for re-election at the Company's next Annual General Meeting, to be held in the second quarter of 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140536/000119312522301174/0001193125-22-301174-index.htm

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