---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-295457"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BEAM"
cik: "0001745999"
company_name: "Beam Therapeutics Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T12:55:18.187926+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Beam Therapeutics appoints Christi Shaw, former Kite CEO, to board of directors

## Summary
- Board expanded from 7 to 8 members; Shaw appointed as Class III director with term until 2026.
- Shaw brings over 30 years biopharma experience, most recently CEO of Kite (Gilead) until March 2023.
- Previously held senior roles at Lilly, Novartis, and Johnson & Johnson; currently on Avantor board.
- Shaw will receive compensation per company's non-employee director policy dated March 31, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-295457
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BEAM
- cik: 0001745999
- company_name: Beam Therapeutics Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1745999/000119312523295457/0001193125-23-295457-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1745999/000119312523295457/d523217d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-295457
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-295457.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christi Shaw was elected as member of the Board at Beam Therapeutics Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: On December 13, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Beam Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”), upon recommendation from the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, expanded the size of the Board from seven to eight members and elected Christi Shaw as a member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1745999/000119312523295457/0001193125-23-295457-index.htm

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