---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001489393-22-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LYB"
cik: "0001489393"
company_name: "LyondellBasell Industries N.V."
filed_at: "2022-02-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T04:09:12.655123+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Peter Vanacker appointed director at LyondellBasell; to become CEO by June 2022

## Summary
- Board appointed Peter Vanacker as director effective Feb 25, 2022, filling vacancy from former CEO retirement.
- Vanacker, previously announced as CEO in Dec 2021, will join as CEO no later than June 2022 after notice period.
- He will serve until 2022 Annual General Meeting and be nominated for election by shareholders.
- No family relationships or transactions with any director/officer; appointment per standard process.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001489393-22-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LYB
- cik: 0001489393
- company_name: LyondellBasell Industries N.V.
- filed_at: 2022-02-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000148939322000011/0001489393-22-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000148939322000011/lyb-20220224.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001489393-22-000011.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter Vanacker was appointed as director at LyondellBasell Industries N.V..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On February 24, 2022, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Vanacker as a director effective February 25, 2022, to fill the vacancy created upon the retirement of the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000148939322000011/0001489393-22-000011-index.htm
- Executive change
  Peter Vanacker was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at LyondellBasell Industries N.V..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: In December 2021, the Company announced that Mr. Peter Vanacker had been appointed Chief Executive Officer and director of LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (the “Company”), effective upon the completion of the notice period under his existing employment agreement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000148939322000011/0001489393-22-000011-index.htm

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