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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On February 25, 2025, Paul Thomas, the current Non-Executive Chair of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company (the “Company”), informed the Board that he intends to retire at the end of his current term and will not stand for reelection at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“AGM”). Mr. Thomas’s retirement is not a result of any disagreement with the Company.
The Board has selected Paul Reilly, an independent director of the Board, to become the Non-Executive Chair of the Board effective as of the conclusion of the 2025 AGM, subject to his re-election. Mr. Reilly has been an independent director of the Board since October 2022.
On March 3, 2025, the Company announced the retirement of Mr. Thomas and the selection of Mr. Reilly as the next Non-Executive Chair of the Board. The press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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| 99.1 | Press release, dated March 3, 2025, announcing Mr. Paul Thomas’s retirement from the Board | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: March 3, 2025 | WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | |||||
| By: | /s/ Matthew Furman | |||||
| Matthew Furman | ||||||
| General Counsel | ||||||