---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-012579"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FWRD"
cik: "0000912728"
company_name: "FORWARD AIR CORP"
filed_at: "2024-03-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T11:08:32.931958+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Forward Air director W. Gil West to step down from board, will not seek re-election

## Summary
- W. Gil West notified Forward Air Board on March 15, 2024 he will not stand for re-election at 2024 Annual Meeting.
- Departure is to focus on his new role as Chief Executive Officer of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.
- No dispute or disagreement with the Company, its management, or the Board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-012579
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FWRD
- cik: 0000912728
- company_name: FORWARD AIR CORP
- filed_at: 2024-03-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912728/000162828024012579/0001628280-24-012579-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912728/000162828024012579/fwrd-20240315.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-012579
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-012579.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-012579.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  W. Gil West departed as Director at FORWARD AIR CORP.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 15, 2024, W. Gil West notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Forward Air Corporation (the “Company”) that he will not stand for re-election to the Board at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to focus on his new role as Chief Executive Officer of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912728/000162828024012579/0001628280-24-012579-index.htm

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