secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Lazard, Inc. (LAZ)
CIK:        0001311370
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-07T12:31:08+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-047432
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000162828026047432/0001628280-26-047432-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000162828026047432/laz-20260702.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-047432

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