CFO Tribune: Week of October 26–November 1, 2026

The week at a glance

SEC filings logged 19 CFO moves in the week of October 26 through November 1, 2026. The breakdown by event type was 8 transitions, 6 departures, 4 appointments, and 1 interim designation. Of the 13 seats filled, 6 went to internal promotions and 6 to external hires; the origin of 1 appointment was not established. Interim appointments represented 5.3% of all moves. None of the incoming CFOs were identified as first-time CFOs; that status was not established for 9 of the 13 incoming executives.

The most structurally notable pairing of the week involves AutoZone, Inc and FedEx Corporation. Jamere Jackson departs AutoZone effective November 25, 2026, and the same individual is named incoming CFO at FedEx, effective November 30, 2026, succeeding Claude F. Russ. J. Scott Murphy steps in at AutoZone. The table records both filings as transitions.

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. and PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust filed identical transitions on October 29, with Kevin Ryan succeeding Daniel S. Perotti at both entities, effective January 1, 2027.

Craig Christensen appears in separate departure filings on October 30, one for LiveOne, Inc. and one for PodcastOne, Inc., both effective the same day. No incoming CFO is listed for either company.

Verra Mobility Corporation named Matthew Kvarda as interim CFO, succeeding Craig Conti effective November 5, 2026. That is the week's only interim filing.

Departures and unknowns

The 6 departure filings include Clearwater Paper Corp (Sherri Baker, effective November 13), Seres Therapeutics, Inc. (Marella Thorell, effective November 15), Etsy, Inc (Charles (Lanny) Baker, effective March 1, 2027), and Strategy Inc (Andrew Kang, effective November 5). No successor was named in any of the 6 departure records. Median tenure at departure could not be calculated because departures with known tenure numbered 0. Sector data was not established for 13 of the 19 moves.