---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001685040-21-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BHF"
cik: "0001685040"
company_name: "Brighthouse Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-11-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T15:47:13.766902+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brighthouse Financial appoints Carol D. Juel to Board of Directors, effective Nov 17

## Summary
- Board expanded from 8 to 9 directors; Juel fills new seat effective November 17, 2021.
- Juel is EVP, Chief Technology & Operating Officer at Synchrony Financial; previously CIO of GE Capital Retail Finance.
- Appointed to Audit Committee and Finance and Risk Committee as an independent director.
- Will receive prorated portion of $285K annual retainer ($120K cash + $165K equity) for remainder of 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001685040-21-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BHF
- cik: 0001685040
- company_name: Brighthouse Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1685040/000168504021000036/0001685040-21-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1685040/000168504021000036/bhf-20211101.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001685040-21-000036
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001685040-21-000036.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001685040-21-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Carol D. Juel was appointed as director at Brighthouse Financial, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  source text: On November 1, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the number of directors serving on the Board from eight to nine effective November 17, 2021 and appointed Carol D. Juel as a member of the Board, also effective November 17, 2021, to fill the resulting vacancy
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1685040/000168504021000036/0001685040-21-000036-index.htm

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