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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-047432"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAZ"
cik: "0001311370"
company_name: "Lazard, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-07T12:31:08+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-07T12:35:10.251457+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lazard appoints Kathy Elsesser to board; Andrew Alper retires after 13 years

## Summary
- Kathy Elsesser, retired Goldman Sachs partner and TPG board member, appointed to Lazard board effective July 7, 2026.
- Andrew M. Alper retired from board after 13 years; departure not due to any disagreement with the company.
- Elsesser will serve as Chair of the Compensation Committee, succeeding Alper.
- Elsesser brings decades of investment banking and strategic advisory expertise to support Lazard 2030 strategy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-047432
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAZ
- cik: 0001311370
- company_name: Lazard, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-07T12:31:08+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000162828026047432/0001628280-26-047432-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000162828026047432/laz-20260702.htm

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