---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001783879-21-000079"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOOD"
cik: "0001783879"
company_name: "Robinhood Markets, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-11-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T07:51:42.090566+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Robinhood appoints Harvard professor Frances Frei to board; Jan Hammer to resign Dec 31

## Summary
- Frances Frei joined Robinhood's Board on Nov 15, 2021, as a Class II director with term to 2023.
- Frei will serve on the Audit Committee and People and Compensation Committee.
- Jan Hammer (Index Ventures) will resign from the Board effective Dec 31, 2021, to focus on early-stage investing.
- Board size increased from eight to nine directors with Frei's appointment.
- Hammer's resignation is not due to any disagreement with the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001783879-21-000079
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOOD
- cik: 0001783879
- company_name: Robinhood Markets, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-11-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1783879/000178387921000079/0001783879-21-000079-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1783879/000178387921000079/hood-20211111.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001783879-21-000079.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Frances Frei was appointed as Director at Robinhood Markets, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 15, 2021, the Board appointed Frances Frei to the Board, effective as of November 15, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1783879/000178387921000079/0001783879-21-000079-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jan Hammer resigned as Director at Robinhood Markets, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 11, 2021, Jan Hammer notified Robinhood Markets, Inc. ("Robinhood" or "the Company”) of his resignation as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the "Board"), effective as of December 31, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1783879/000178387921000079/0001783879-21-000079-index.htm

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