CFO Moves: Week of September 14–20, 2026

The week of 2026-09-14 through 2026-09-20 produced 11 CFO moves filed with the SEC, bringing the September month-to-date total to 57. Departures were the most common event type, accounting for 5 of the 11 moves. Transitions numbered 4, with 1 interim appointment and 1 straight appointment rounding out the week.

Of the 6 seats filled, 4 were external hires and 2 were internal promotions. Interim arrangements made up 9.1% of the week's activity. Among the 6 incoming executives, first-time CFO status could not be established for 3, while the remaining 3 were confirmed not to be first-timers. No incoming executive was identified as a first-time CFO.

Median tenure at departure could not be calculated: none of the 5 departures had known tenure on record.

The most closely watched transition of the week belongs to Crown Castle Inc., where Kristoffer Hinson is set to succeed Sunit S. Patel effective 2027-04-01. Cabot Corporation named Steven J. Delahunt interim CFO, replacing Erica McLaughlin effective 2026-10-01. Tredegar Corporation made the week's only straight appointment, bringing in Cindy Yao effective 2026-09-21 with no outgoing CFO listed.

Among the departures, Genpact LTD recorded the earliest effective date, with Michael Weiner's departure listed as 2026-09-08, prior to the week's filing window. CreditRiskMonitor.com, Inc. will see Jennifer Gerold depart effective 2026-11-17, while First Carolina Financial Services, Inc. reported Steven G. Deaton's departure effective 2027-01-01, the furthest out of any event this week. C1 Fund Inc. listed David Hytha's departure effective 2026-12-31, and Firefly Neuroscience, Inc. reported Paul Krzywicki leaving effective 2026-09-24 with no successor named.

The 11 moves spanned 9 distinct named sectors plus a sector not on the standard roster, which accounted for 2 of the moves. Named sectors include Real Estate Investment Trusts, Aircraft, State Commercial Banks, and Services-Prepackaged Software, among others.