---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-051581"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EQH"
cik: "0001333986"
company_name: "Equitable Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-10-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T18:45:16.234055+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Equitable Holdings Chair Ramon de Oliveira resigns; Joan Lamm-Tennant appointed new Chair

## Summary
- Effective Oct 22, 2021, Ramon de Oliveira resigned as Chair and Board member due to communications inconsistent with company standards.
- Departure is unrelated to company's operations, financial integrity, or controls.
- Joan Lamm-Tennant, existing Board member, appointed as Chair effective immediately.
- de Oliveira served as Chair since March 2019 when Equitable became an independent entity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-051581
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EQH
- cik: 0001333986
- company_name: Equitable Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-10-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333986/000156459021051581/0001564590-21-051581-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333986/000156459021051581/eqh-8k_20211022.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-051581
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-051581.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-051581.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joan Lamm-Tennant was appointed as Chair at Equitable Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chair
  source text: Joan Lamm-Tennant, who currently serves on the Board, has been appointed to serve as Chair effective as of Mr. de Oliveira’s resignation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333986/000156459021051581/0001564590-21-051581-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ramon de Oliveira resigned as Chair and member of the Board of Directors at Equitable Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chair and member of the Board of Directors
  source text: Effective October 22, 2021, Ramon de Oliveira resigned as Chair and member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Equitable Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333986/000156459021051581/0001564590-21-051581-index.htm

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