WILLIAM B. PLUMMER

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JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.

Filing Date Source Excerpt
2016-08-12 William B. Plummer, a director since 2003, has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Rentals, Inc. since December 2008. ... Age 57. ... The following table indicates Board membership and total meetings of the Board and its standing committees in Fiscal 2016: ... William B. Plummer: Audit, Compensation, Executive
2017-08-18 William B. Plummer, a director since 2003, has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Rentals, Inc. Age 58. Mr. Plummer serves on the Audit, Compensation and Technology Committees. In Fiscal 2017, Mr. Plummer received an annual cash retainer of $100,000 and a stock award of $51,952.48. Total compensation $251,952.
2018-08-17 William B. Plummer, a director since 2003, has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Rentals, Inc. since December 2008. Previously he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. from September 2006 to December 2007. Prior to that he was Vice President & Treasurer of Alcoa, Inc. since 2000. Before joining Alcoa, he was with Mead Corporation as President, Gilbert Paper Division during 2000; Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Planning from 1998 to 2000; and Treasurer from 1997 to 1998. Prior to joining Mead, he held a number of increasingly responsible positions with the General Electric Company, most recently as Vice President, Equity Capital Group, General Electric Capital Corporation from 1995 to 1997. Mr. Plummer formerly served on the board of UIL Holdings Corporation, where he was a member of both the Compensation and Executive Development committee and the Retirement Benefits Plans Investment committee. He currently serves on the board of Global Payments, Inc., where he chairs the Audit committee and is a member of the Risk Oversight committee. Age 59.
2019-08-16 William B. Plummer provided notice on June 24, 2019 that he will not to stand for re-election as a director at the end of his current term... The table below indicates the total cash compensation received by each non-employee director during Fiscal 2019. William B. Plummer: $100,000 cash fee, $110,000 stock awards, total $276,925.

WASTE MANAGEMENT INC

Filing Date Source Excerpt
2020-03-27 Mr. Plummer has more than two decades of financial leadership experience. During his tenure at United Rentals, Mr. Plummer was responsible for the development of the company's finance activities, investor relations, and co-led its merger, acquisition and divestiture strategies. Mr. Plummer also served as Chief Financial Officer of Dow Jones & Company, where he set policy for global finance and corporate strategy. The table below shows the aggregate cash paid, and stock awards issued, to the non-employee directors in 2019 in accordance with the descriptions set forth above: William B. Plummer Prorated compensation for the period from Mr. Plummer's election on August 19, 2019 through December 31, 2019. 44,500 62,779 107,279
2021-03-31 Mr. Plummer has more than two decades of financial leadership experience. During his tenure at United Rentals, Mr. Plummer was responsible for the development of the company’s finance activities, investor relations, and co-led its merger, acquisition and divestiture strategies. Mr. Plummer also served as Chief Financial Officer of Dow Jones & Company, where he set policy for global finance and corporate strategy. Mr. Plummer has experience as a member of the board of directors of a number of other large public companies, with particular focus on audit committee service and leadership.
2022-03-29 Mr. Plummer has more than two decades of financial leadership experience. During his tenure at United Rentals, Mr. Plummer was responsible for the development of the company’s finance activities, investor relations, and co-led its merger, acquisition and divestiture strategies. Mr. Plummer also served as Chief Financial Officer of Dow Jones & Company, where he set policy for global finance and corporate strategy. Mr. Plummer has experience as a member of the board of directors of a number of other large public companies, with particular focus on audit committee service and leadership.
2023-03-28 William B. Plummer, Age 64, Director since August 2019. Board Committees: Audit (Chair) and Management Development & Compensation. 2022 total compensation $315,017.
2024-04-02 William B. Plummer, Age: 65, Director since August 2019. Board Committees: Audit (Chair) and Management Development & Compensation. Received total compensation of $324,992 in 2023.
2025-04-01 William B. Plummer, Age: 66, Director since August 2019, Board Committees: Audit (Chair) and Management Development & Compensation. 2024 Director Compensation Table shows total compensation of $324,862.

Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-10-12