AMD appoints former Accenture CFO KC McClure to board, expanding it to nine directors
AMD's board approved increasing its size from eight to nine directors on January 16, 2026, and appointed KC McClure, former Chief Financial Officer of Accenture, to fill the new seat. The board determined she is independent under Nasdaq and SEC rules, and she was also named to the Audit and Finance Committee. The filing is a board governance change and does not report any financial results or guidance changes.
Key points
- Board increased from eight to nine directors; McClure appointed January 16, 2026 to fill the vacancy
- McClure joined the Audit and Finance Committee and was determined to be independent
- McClure was granted 1,278 restricted stock units on January 16, 2026, fully vesting on the one-year anniversary of the grant
- McClure was Chief Financial Officer of Accenture from 2019 to 2024 and previously spent more than 37 years at Accenture
The filing
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