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E. Scott Santi

Chair, Illinois Tool Works

Since Jan 1, 2012.

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Alpha ID: alpha:person:e-scott-santi
Record version: vpublic-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Apr 21, 2026
Newest evidence: Mar 27, 2026
Monitoring: Not yet monitored Details
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Current role: ChairSince Jan 1, 2012
Board seats: 2Illinois Tool Works, W. W. Grainger
Committee seats: 0None published
Published claims: 163 distinct sources
Evidence records: 80 pinned
Source conflicts: 0None open

Built from 3 distinct sources and 8 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.

CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed

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DIRECTOR APPOINTED

E. Scott Santi seat on Illinois Tool Works, effective 2012-01-01.

EffectiveEffective Jan 1, 2012E5

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
Evidencecorroborated
Published
Evaluationnot_evaluated
Published
MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
Not published
AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
Not published
Freshnesscurrent
Published

Board service

Evidence

Seats held as a director, as published in the cited sources.

Illinois Tool Works CurrentChair, 2012 to presentOpen record W. W. Grainger CurrentLead Independent Director, 2010 to presentOpen record

Professional RoleChair at Illinois Tool Works

Source reportedE5

person:e-scott-santi:role:1

Professional RoleLead Independent Director at W. W. Grainger

Source reportedE6

person:e-scott-santi:role:2

Board membershipServes on the board of Illinois Tool Works Inc.

CorroboratedE4 E7 E2

person:e-scott-santi:board_membership:4

Board membershipServes on the board of W.W. Grainger, Inc.

CorroboratedE2 E8 E4

person:e-scott-santi:board_membership:5

Board roleBoard role: Chair

Source reportedE1

person:e-scott-santi:board_role:6

Board roleBoard role: Director

Source reportedE3

person:e-scott-santi:board_role:7

Committee assignmentsNo committee assignment disclosed in the cited filing

Source reportedE2

person:e-scott-santi:committee_assignments:8

Committee assignmentsCommittee assignments: Audit, Board Affairs and Nominating Committee

Source reportedE3

person:e-scott-santi:committee_assignments:9

Committee assignmentsCommittee assignments: Executive

Source reportedE1

person:e-scott-santi:committee_assignments:10

Committee experience

Evidence

No published claims

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

Work experience

Evidence

Dates not published
Executive title: Non-Executive ChairmanOrganization not published
E1

Education, credentials, and certifications

Evidence

No education, credentials, or certifications are published in this record.

No published claims

No education, credentials, or certifications are published in this record.

AI, cyber, and technology accountability

Evidence

AI and ML experienceAI and ML experience: not identified in the cited filing

Source reportedE1

person:e-scott-santi:ai_ml_experience:1

Technology backgroundTechnology background: not identified in the cited filing

Source reportedE1

person:e-scott-santi:technology_background:14

Authority to act

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Officer of recordChair, Illinois Tool Works, from Jan 1, 2012

Source reportedE5

person:e-scott-santi:role:1

Officer of recordLead Independent Director, W. W. Grainger, from Jan 1, 2010

Source reportedE6

person:e-scott-santi:role:2

Authority to bind the companyNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.

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AI agents acting on this authorityNot 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 grantedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.

Search scope

delegations

Compensation and holdings

Evidence

No published claims

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

Conflicts and accountability

Evidence

Board independenceNot independent (executive director)

Source reportedE4

person:e-scott-santi:board_independence:2

Board independenceIndependent director

Source reportedE2

person:e-scott-santi:board_independence:3

Other published claims

Evidence

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

Cybersecurity experienceCybersecurity experience: not identified in the cited filing

Source reportedE1

person:e-scott-santi:cybersecurity_experience:11

Executive companyExecutive at Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Source reportedE1

person:e-scott-santi:executive_company:12

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Coverage

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

Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included.Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included.
Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false.Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false.
Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights.Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights.
Private relationships and Council activity are excluded.Private relationships and Council activity are excluded.

Linked records

Same claim, both records

Each relationship is one Claim rendered on every record it connects.

Illinois Tool WorksChair, 2012 to present
person:e-scott-santi:role:1
W. W. GraingerLead Independent Director, 2010 to present
person:e-scott-santi:role:2
Organization not publishedExecutive title: Non-Executive Chairman, Dates not published
person:e-scott-santi:executive_title:13

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Basis: Public role at an organization in the published Registry
Sources: 8 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
Never published: Home address, family, personal contacts, health, and history unrelated to the public role
Profile claimed: No
Open disputes: 0
Identity ownership: unclaimed

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Evidence

Authority and rights

E1
ITW DEF 14A director slate
SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Mar 27, 2026. Retrieved May 16, 2026. Cited by 7 Claims.
Authoritative, regulatory filing
Rights not recorded, link only
Evidence not pinned
E2
W.W. Grainger, Inc. director board source
SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Mar 10, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 4 Claims.
Authoritative, regulatory filing
Rights not recorded, link only
Evidence not pinned
E3
GWW DEF 14A director slate
SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Mar 10, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
Authoritative, regulatory filing
Rights not recorded, link only
Evidence not pinned
E4
Illinois Tool Works Inc. director board source
SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Mar 21, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 3 Claims.
Authoritative, regulatory filing
Rights not recorded, link only
Evidence not pinned
E5
Source title not published
sec filing. Published Jan 1, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
Authoritative, regulatory filing
Rights not recorded, link only
Evidence not pinned
E6
Source title not published
sec filing. Published Jan 1, 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
Authoritative, regulatory filing
Rights not recorded, link only
Evidence not pinned
E7
Source title not published
public source. Cited by 1 Claim.
Authoritative, regulatory filing
Rights not recorded, link only
Evidence not pinned
E8
Source title not published
public source. Cited by 1 Claim.
Authoritative, regulatory filing
Rights not recorded, link only
Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Apr 21, 2026

E. Scott Santi seat on Illinois Tool Works, effective 2012-01-01.
E. Scott Santi seat on W. W. Grainger, effective 2010-01-01.

E. Scott Santi

DIRECTOR APPOINTED

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AI, cyber, and technology accountability

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