CFO Tribune: Week 33, 2026

The week in numbers

SEC filings recorded 20 CFO moves for the week of 2026-08-10 through 2026-08-16, bringing the August month-to-date total to 52. The 20 moves broke down as 9 transitions, 5 departures, 4 appointments, and 2 interim assignments. Of the 15 seats that were filled, 6 were internal promotions, 7 were external hires, and the origin of 2 could not be established. Interims accounted for 10% of the week's activity. No incoming CFO was identified as a first-time CFO; that status was not established for 9 individuals, and 6 were confirmed as having held the title before. Median tenure at departure could not be calculated because none of the 5 departures had a known tenure on record.

Notable moves

The week's highest-profile named transition came from ConocoPhillips, where Kontessa S. Haynes-Welsh is set to succeed Andrew (Andy) M. O'Brien effective 2026-09-01. Centuri Holdings, Inc. completed its own transition the same day the filing was made, with Kelly Youngblood replacing Gregory A. Izenstark on 2026-08-12. Two transitions carry effective dates reaching into 2027: Smart Sand, Inc. will see James Young take over from Lee Beckelman on 2027-01-01, and OptimizeRx Corporation has Andrew D'Silva succeeding Edward Stelmakh on the same date.

On the interim side, Lincoln National Corp named Adam M. Cohen as interim CFO replacing Christopher Neczypor, effective 2026-08-06, and Kilroy Realty Corporation placed Eliott Trencher in the interim role in place of Jeffrey Kuehling, effective 2026-08-11. One cross-company move is visible in the data: Shane Harrison departs NRC Health effective 2026-08-28 and appears as the incoming CFO at Resideo Technologies, Inc., effective 2026-09-01. The week's moves spanned multiple sectors, with Real Estate Investment Trusts and Pharmaceutical Preparations each recording 2 moves; 3 additional moves came from companies whose sector was not on the roster.