---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-034209"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WMB"
cik: "0000107263"
company_name: "WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T15:30:22.962882+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Williams appoints Carri Lockhart as independent director; Nancy Buese resigns due to schedule conflicts

## Summary
- Nancy Buese resigned from Board effective Feb. 10, 2023, citing schedule conflicts after becoming CFO at Baker Hughes.
- Carri Lockhart appointed as independent director effective Feb. 10, 2023, filling the vacancy.
- Lockhart brings nearly 30 years in oil & gas; most recently CTO and EVP at Equinor before retiring in 2022.
- She will serve on the Compensation and Management Development and Environmental, Health and Safety committees.
- Board remains at 12 members, 11 of whom are independent.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-034209
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WMB
- cik: 0000107263
- company_name: WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000119312523034209/0001193125-23-034209-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000119312523034209/d452102d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Carri A. Lockhart was appointed as Director at WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 8, 2023, the Board appointed Carri A. Lockhart to the Board, effective February 10, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000119312523034209/0001193125-23-034209-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nancy K. Buese resigned as Director at WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 8, 2023, Nancy K. Buese notified The Williams Companies, Inc. (“the Company”) that, effective February 10, 2023, she is resigning from the Company’s Board of Directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000119312523034209/0001193125-23-034209-index.htm

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