---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001701605-23-000083"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKR"
cik: "0001701605"
company_name: "Baker Hughes Co"
filed_at: "2023-12-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T19:25:58.351255+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Baker Hughes elects former Aramco executive Abdulaziz Al Gudaimi to board

## Summary
- Abdulaziz M. Al Gudaimi elected director effective Jan 1, 2024; board expands from 9 to 10 members.
- Al Gudaimi spent over 38 years at Aramco, retiring as EVP Corporate Development in Nov 2022.
- Board determined he is independent under Nasdaq rules; will serve on Governance and Human Capital committees.
- Compensation consistent with other non-employee directors; no related party transactions disclosed.
- He also serves as independent director of Banque Saudi Fransi since March 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001701605-23-000083
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKR
- cik: 0001701605
- company_name: Baker Hughes Co
- filed_at: 2023-12-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000170160523000083/0001701605-23-000083-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/808362/000170160523000083/bkr-20231130.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001701605-23-000083
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001701605-23-000083.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Abdulaziz M. Al Gudaimi was elected as director at Baker Hughes Co.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: elected Abdulaziz M. Al Gudaimi to serve as a director of the Company with a term beginning on January 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000170160523000083/0001701605-23-000083-index.htm

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