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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-204601"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LUMN"
cik: "0000018926"
company_name: "Lumen Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T04:59:54.317365+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lumen appoints James Fowler to board, adds digital transformation expertise

## Summary
- Fowler appointed effective Aug 7, 2023; board increased from 10 to 11 members.
- Currently EVP & CTO of Nationwide Insurance; previously GE Global CIO for 18 years.
- Appointed to audit committee and risk & security committee.
- Received prorated RSU grant valued at $150,000, vesting in one year.
- CEO calls his expertise valuable as Lumen disrupts telecom with NaaS platform.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-204601
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LUMN
- cik: 0000018926
- company_name: Lumen Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000119312523204601/0001193125-23-204601-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000119312523204601/d533754d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-204601
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-204601.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James Fowler was appointed as Director at Lumen Technologies, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective August 7, 2023, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Lumen Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), on the recommendation of its nominating and corporate governance committee, voted to increase its size from 10 members to 11 members and to appoint James “Jim” Fowler to fill the newly-created vacancy.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000119312523204601/0001193125-23-204601-index.htm

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