---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-001544"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECL"
cik: "0000031462"
company_name: "ECOLAB INC."
filed_at: "2024-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T21:13:53.821757+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ecolab appoints Microsoft CCO Judson Althoff to board; director Beck not standing for re-election

## Summary
- Judson Althoff, Microsoft EVP and CCO, appointed to Ecolab board effective Feb. 21, 2024.
- Althoff to serve as independent director on Audit and Finance Committees.
- Director Barbara J. Beck will not stand for re-election at May 2, 2024 annual meeting for personal reasons, no disagreement.
- Althoff brings global tech and AI/cloud expertise to support Ecolab's digital innovation focus.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-001544
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECL
- cik: 0000031462
- company_name: ECOLAB INC.
- filed_at: 2024-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/31462/000155837024001544/0001558370-24-001544-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837024001544/ecl-20240221x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-001544
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-001544.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-001544.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Barbara J. Beck departed as director at ECOLAB INC..
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: director
  source text: On February 21, 2024, director Barbara J. Beck informed the Board that she would not stand for re-election at the Company's annual meeting to be held on May 2, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837024001544/0001558370-24-001544-index.htm
- Executive change
  Judson Althoff was appointed as member of the Board at ECOLAB INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: On February 21, 2024, the board of directors (“Board”) of Ecolab Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), approved the appointment of Judson Althoff as a member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837024001544/0001558370-24-001544-index.htm

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