Published mark

WORLD KINECT CORP

NYSE: WKC. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.

US

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Alpha ID
alpha:company:82f77fab-a283-45bc-a7bc-b585a81c30bf
SEC CIK
0000789460
Record version
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 21, 2026
Newest evidence
Apr 28, 2026
Monitoring
Not yet monitored Details
Integrity
Not yet signed Methodology
CEO
Ira M. BirnsChief Executive Officer
Chair
Michael J. Kasbar
Independent
Not published8 directors published
Published claims
222 distinct sources
Evidence records
40 pinned
Source conflicts
0None open

Built from 2 distinct sources and 4 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.

CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed

Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works

DIRECTOR APPOINTED

Ele Dir Ir seat on WORLD KINECT CORP, effective 2026-01-01.

EffectiveEffective Jan 1, 2026E3

Monitoring

Continuous

What the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.

  • Identityunclaimed
    Published
  • Evidencesource_reported
    Published
  • Evaluationnot_evaluated
    Published
  • MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • Freshnesscurrent
    Published

Leadership

Evidence
RolePersonSinceStatusClaim
Chief Executive OfficerIra M. BirnsNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2
PresidentJohn P. RauNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting OfficerMichael KrollNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerMike TejadaNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2

Board of directors

Evidence

8 directors published. Independence determinations are not published for every director.

DirectorStatusSinceCommitteesClaim
Andrea SmithIndependence not published2025None publishedSource reportedE3
Ele Dir IrIndependence not published2026None publishedSource reportedE3
Greg PiperIndependence not published2025Compensation CommitteeSource reportedE3
Ira M. BirnsIndependence not published2007None publishedSource reportedE3
John P. RauIndependence not published2016None publishedSource reportedE3
Jorge L. BenitezIndependence not published2015None publishedSource reportedE3
Ken BakshiIndependence not published2002None publishedSource reportedE3
Paul H. StebbinsIndependence not published1995None publishedSource reportedE3
Jeffrey M. KottkampIndependentNot publishedNone publishedSource reportedE2
John L. ManleyIndependentNot publishedNone publishedSource reportedE2
Michael J. KasbarNot independentChairNot publishedNone publishedSource reportedE2
Sharda CherwooIndependentNot publishedNone publishedSource reportedE2

Committees and risk ownership

Evidence
CommitteeChairMembersRisks assigned
Compensation CommitteeNot publishedGreg PiperNot described in the published record
Committee RecordCompensation Committee: Chair not stated; Members Greg Piper
Committee AppointmentGreg Piper: member, Compensation Committee

Control and voting power

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Authority to act

Evidence and agent registry

Who can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.

Principal executive officerIra M. Birns, Chief Executive Officer
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
bind
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
agents
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
delegations

Financials and market context

Evidence
Security ListingWKC (NYSE)
Index membershipsNo current membership is published in Alpha's tracked index universe.This is not evidence that the company is absent from every market index.
None publishedAs of Oct 21, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.

Governance and policies

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Risk, audit, and cyber

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

AI oversight and accountability

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Compensation

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Other published claims

Evidence

Published Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.

Legal NameWORLD KINECT CORP
Entity StatusPublic listing published

Not yet in this record

Coverage

A gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.

  • Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
  • OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
  • FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
  • CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
  • GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
  • Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
  • AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
  • LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
  • RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
  • CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
  • AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
  • Markets externalNot reviewed. Auditors, advisors, investors and regulators form the external ecosystem.
  • Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
  • Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
  • This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.

Subject and corrections

Public-role doctrine

This record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.

Basis
Published company record built from public sources
Sources
4 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
Never published
Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
Record claimed
No
Open disputes
0
Identity ownership
unclaimed
Claiming not yet available

If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.

Evidence

Authority and rights
  1. E1
    Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 21, 2026. Cited by 4 Claims.
    Open web
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  2. E2
    sec def 14a. Published Apr 28, 2026. Retrieved Sep 14, 2026. Cited by 8 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  3. E3
    sec proxy. Published Apr 28, 2026. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 8 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  4. E4
    governance_people_committees. sec proxy. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 21, 2026
  • Ele Dir Ir seat on WORLD KINECT CORP, effective 2026-01-01.
  • Andrea Smith seat on WORLD KINECT CORP, effective 2025-01-01.
  • Greg Piper seat on WORLD KINECT CORP, effective 2025-01-01.
  • John P. Rau seat on WORLD KINECT CORP, effective 2016-01-01.
  • Jorge L. Benitez seat on WORLD KINECT CORP, effective 2015-01-01.
  • Ira M. Birns seat on WORLD KINECT CORP, effective 2007-01-01.
  • Ken Bakshi seat on WORLD KINECT CORP, effective 2002-01-01.
  • Paul H. Stebbins seat on WORLD KINECT CORP, effective 1995-01-01.
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    WORLD KINECT CORPCompany
  • Ira M. BirnsPerson
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  • Mike TejadaPerson
  • Andrea SmithPerson
  • Ele Dir IrPerson
  • Greg PiperPerson
  • Jorge L. BenitezPerson
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    OverviewWORLD KINECT CORP
  • MonitoringWORLD KINECT CORP
  • LeadershipWORLD KINECT CORP
  • BoardWORLD KINECT CORP
  • CommitteesWORLD KINECT CORP
  • Control and votingWORLD KINECT CORP
  • Authority to actWORLD KINECT CORP
  • FinancialsWORLD KINECT CORP
  • GovernanceWORLD KINECT CORP
  • RiskWORLD KINECT CORP
  • AI oversightWORLD KINECT CORP
  • LegalWORLD KINECT CORP
  • CompensationWORLD KINECT CORP
  • Other published claimsWORLD KINECT CORP
  • Coverage gapsWORLD KINECT CORP
  • Linked peopleWORLD KINECT CORP
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