---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001525221-23-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VTOL"
cik: "0001525221"
company_name: "Bristow Group Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T14:51:17.742718+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bristow Group appoints Shefali Shah to its Board of Directors, effective Dec 11, 2023

## Summary
- Board expanded from 8 to 9 directors; Shah fills new vacancy as independent director.
- Shah is EVP, Chief Admin Officer & General Counsel at Avaya Holdings Corp.
- She previously served as SVP, General Counsel & Corp Secretary of Era Group (now Bristow) from 2013-2017.
- She will receive standard non-employee director compensation and standard indemnification agreement.
- Shah holds a BS from Boston University and JD from Duke University Law School.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001525221-23-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VTOL
- cik: 0001525221
- company_name: Bristow Group Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-11T23:59:59+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/1525221/000152522123000063/0001525221-23-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525221/000152522123000063/vtol-20231209.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001525221-23-000063
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001525221-23-000063.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001525221-23-000063.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Shefali Shah was appointed as Director at Bristow Group Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 9, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Bristow Group Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from eight directors to nine directors and appointed Shefali Shah to fill the resulting vacancy, effective as of December 11, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525221/000152522123000063/0001525221-23-000063-index.htm

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