---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001722482-24-000171"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVTR"
cik: "0001722482"
company_name: "Avantor, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T04:39:52.353624+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dame Louise Makin elected to Avantor board of directors

## Summary
- Elected November 4, 2024 as independent director; term expires at 2025 Annual Meeting.
- Former CEO of BTG plc (2004-2019), led transformation and $4.2B sale to Boston Scientific.
- Currently non-executive chair of Halma plc, a FTSE 100 life-saving technology group.
- Standard non-employee director compensation: $95k annual cash, $210k RSU grant (both prorated for 2024), plus $15k tax stipend.
- Fills a vacant Board seat; Board determined she meets NYSE and Exchange Act independence standards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001722482-24-000171
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVTR
- cik: 0001722482
- company_name: Avantor, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248224000171/0001722482-24-000171-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248224000171/avtr-20241104.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001722482-24-000171.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dame Louise Makin DBE was elected as director at Avantor, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On November 4, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Avantor, Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Governance Committee, elected Dame Louise Makin DBE as a director with an initial term expiring on the date of the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248224000171/0001722482-24-000171-index.htm

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