---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001637459-22-000196"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KHC"
cik: "0001637459"
company_name: "Kraft Heinz Co"
filed_at: "2022-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T05:29:39.913659+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kraft Heinz appoints Diane Gherson to Board, effective Nov. 3, 2022

## Summary
- Diane Gherson, former IBM CHRO and Harvard Business School senior lecturer, appointed to Kraft Heinz Board.
- Gherson also appointed to the Board's Compensation Committee, effective November 3, 2022.
- Board amended and restated bylaws, updating stockholder meeting procedures and director nomination requirements.
- Bylaw changes include rules for written consent, proxy solicitation disclosures, and use of proxy card colors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001637459-22-000196
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KHC
- cik: 0001637459
- company_name: Kraft Heinz Co
- filed_at: 2022-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637459/000163745922000196/0001637459-22-000196-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637459/000163745922000196/khc-20221103.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001637459-22-000196.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Diane Gherson was elected as Member of the Board at Kraft Heinz Co.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Member of the Board
  source text: On November 3, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Kraft Heinz Company (the “Company”) elected Diane Gherson as a member of the Board and appointed her to serve on the Compensation Committee, effective as of such date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637459/000163745922000196/0001637459-22-000196-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Kraft Heinz Co: Amended and restated by-laws to update procedural mechanics for stockholder meetings, written consent, director nominations, etc (effective 2022-11-03).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2022-11-03
  source text: On November 3, 2022, the Board amended and restated the Company’s by-laws (the “By-Laws”), effective as of such date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637459/000163745922000196/0001637459-22-000196-index.htm

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