What the executives and directors of Willis Towers Watson actually did with their own shares, decoded from three years of SEC Form 4 filings.
The tape: three years of insider trades
Every marker sits at the exact price reported on the Form 4. The line is the monthly median of all prices insiders reported, so the chart needs no market feed; the gray strip is routine flow (vestings, tax withholding, gifts) that headlines love to miscount as selling.
Where the shares went, last 12 months
Every Form 4 movement decomposed: what flowed in (grants, vested equity, purchases) and what flowed out (tax withholding, plan sales, discretionary sales, gifts). Counted in shares, because grants carry no price.
Skin in the game
Directly held shares as reported after each trade, indexed to 100 five years back. Direct holdings only: trust and family-entity positions are per-entity in the filings and do not sum honestly, so this chart refuses to guess. The steps are the trades.
Who holds what
| Insider | Role | Shares held | Buys 12 m | Sales 12 m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hess Carl Aaron Chief Executive Officer | CEO | 117.5K | $510K | — |
| Gebauer Julie Jarecke Pres.-Health, Wealth & Career | Officer | 78.6K | — | — |
| Furman Matthew General Counsel | Officer | 35.6K | — | $912K |
| Clarke Lucy President of Risk & Broking | Officer | 22.8K | $1.5M | — |
| Pullum Anne Co-Head of Corporate Dev. | Officer | 22.4K | — | — |
| Krasner Andrew Jay Chief Financial Officer | CFO | 16.5K | — | — |
| Garrard Adam Head of Risk & Broking | Officer | 14.3K | — | — |
| THOMAS PAUL D | Director | 13K | — | — |
| Faber Alexis Chief Operating Officer | COO | 11.5K | — | — |
| Banas Kristy D Chief Human Resources Officer | Officer | 11.4K | — | — |
| Thomson-Hall Pamela Head of International | Officer | 5,840 | — | — |
| Chima Fumbi F. | Director | 4,315 | — | — |
| REILLY PAUL C | Director | 3,146 | — | — |
| Hammond Michael P. | Director | 3,089 | $67K | — |
Open-market trade log
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | Clarke Lucy (Officer) | Open-market buy | 1,896 | $263.37 | $499K |
| 2026-05-04 | Hess Carl Aaron (CEO) | Open-market buy | 2,000 | $255.08 | $510K |
| 2026-03-03 | Furman Matthew (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 3,000 | $304.00 | $912K |
| 2026-02-13 | Clarke Lucy (Officer) | Open-market buy | 3,500 | $284.84 | $997K |
| 2026-02-12 | Hammond Michael P. (Director) | Open-market buy | 241 | $278.86 | $67K |
| 2025-06-03 | Krasner Andrew Jay (CFO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 1,600 | $315.75 | $505K |
| 2025-05-08 | Hess Carl Aaron (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 146 | $306.85 | $45K |
| 2025-05-08 | Hess Carl Aaron (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 192 | $307.91 | $59K |
| 2025-05-08 | Hess Carl Aaron (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 709 | $310.74 | $220K |
| 2025-05-08 | Hess Carl Aaron (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 2,891 | $309.67 | $895K |
| 2025-05-08 | Hess Carl Aaron (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 6,062 | $308.78 | $1.9M |
| 2025-05-08 | Faber Alexis (COO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 265 | $306.92 | $81K |
| 2025-03-03 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,616 | $338.74 | $547K |
| 2025-02-28 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 3,384 | $335.77 | $1.1M |
| 2024-03-01 | Krasner Andrew Jay (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 1,100 | $272.13 | $299K |
| 2024-02-20 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 5,000 | $276.03 | $1.4M |
| 2024-02-08 | Garrard Adam (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 5,400 | $270.41 | $1.5M |
| 2023-11-09 | Thomson-Hall Pamela (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 330 | $238.87 | $79K |
| 2023-07-03 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 500 | $234.82 | $117K |
| 2023-07-03 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 600 | $231.41 | $139K |
| 2023-07-03 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 900 | $230.14 | $207K |
| 2023-06-07 | Pullum Anne (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 5,000 | $224.45 | $1.1M |
| 2023-06-01 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,500 | $218.35 | $546K |
| 2023-05-01 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,500 | $231.44 | $579K |
| 2023-04-03 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,500 | $232.38 | $581K |
| 2023-03-01 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,096 | $232.86 | $255K |
| 2023-03-01 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,404 | $233.83 | $328K |
| 2023-02-14 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 200 | $246.38 | $49K |
| 2023-02-14 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,360 | $247.63 | $337K |
| 2023-02-14 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,440 | $245.86 | $354K |
| 2023-02-09 | Bodnar Anne Donovan (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 200 | $251.77 | $50K |
| 2023-02-09 | Bodnar Anne Donovan (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 350 | $249.42 | $87K |
| 2023-02-09 | Bodnar Anne Donovan (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 470 | $256.90 | $121K |
| 2023-02-09 | Bodnar Anne Donovan (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 700 | $255.01 | $179K |
| 2023-02-09 | Bodnar Anne Donovan (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 800 | $253.87 | $203K |
| 2023-02-09 | Bodnar Anne Donovan (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,181 | $250.28 | $296K |
| 2023-02-09 | Bodnar Anne Donovan (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,299 | $257.23 | $334K |
| 2022-11-21 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 5,000 | $235.07 | $1.2M |
| 2022-11-18 | WICKES GENE H (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 8,112 | $235.00 | $1.9M |
| 2022-11-09 | ONEILL BRENDAN R (Director) | Discretionary sale | 6,520 | $225.50 | $1.5M |
| 2022-11-01 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,400 | $219.07 | $307K |
| 2022-10-31 | Bodnar Anne Donovan (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 102 | $218.77 | $22K |
| 2022-10-31 | Bodnar Anne Donovan (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,898 | $218.32 | $414K |
| 2022-10-04 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,400 | $210.00 | $294K |
| 2022-09-07 | WICKES GENE H (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,712 | $208.65 | $357K |
| 2022-09-07 | WICKES GENE H (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,975 | $209.86 | $414K |
| 2022-09-07 | WICKES GENE H (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,629 | $205.88 | $541K |
| 2022-09-07 | WICKES GENE H (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 3,477 | $206.61 | $718K |
| 2022-09-07 | WICKES GENE H (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 4,132 | $207.52 | $857K |
| 2022-09-07 | Krasner Andrew Jay (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 1,030 | $210.26 | $217K |
| 2022-09-02 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,400 | $210.00 | $294K |
| 2022-08-26 | WICKES GENE H (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 10K | $209.47 | $2.1M |
| 2022-08-18 | WICKES GENE H (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 22.5K | $220.00 | $4.9M |
| 2022-08-17 | WICKES GENE H (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 398 | $220.00 | $88K |
| 2022-08-16 | WICKES GENE H (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,100 | $220.02 | $242K |
| 2022-08-04 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,400 | $210.01 | $294K |
| 2022-06-01 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,400 | $210.67 | $295K |
| 2022-05-02 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 400 | $214.85 | $86K |
| 2022-05-02 | Gebauer Julie Jarecke (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,000 | $213.82 | $214K |
| 2022-05-02 | Bodnar Anne Donovan (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 97 | $215.98 | $21K |
“Since trade” compares with the latest insider-implied price, not a market quote; this site carries no market data by design.
Filing hygiene
How to read this
A Form 4 transaction code decides everything. P is an open-market purchase and S an open-market sale; those two are the only codes where an insider chose to trade. A is a grant, M an option exercise or vesting, F shares withheld to cover tax, G a gift. Most “insiders dumped billions” headlines are code F and M mechanics.
Sales flagged 10b5-1 run on a plan the insider adopted in advance; since 2023 every Form 4 carries that flag. Buys have historically predicted returns, sales mostly have not, and this page states filings, not advice.