---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000008947-24-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZZ"
cik: "0000008947"
company_name: "AZZ INC"
filed_at: "2024-03-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T07:31:29.348093+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AZZ CFO Philip Schlom to retire Nov 4, 2024; Jason Crawford named successor

## Summary
- Philip Schlom will retire as CFO on November 4, 2024, completing his employment term.
- Jason Crawford, currently VP Finance – Precoat Metals, will be promoted to SVP and CFO.
- Crawford has over 20 years of finance leadership, including at Precoat Metals, Sequa, and Boston Scientific.
- Compensation arrangements for Crawford are pending and will be disclosed in a later filing.
- CEO Tom Ferguson highlighted a smooth planned transition and Schlom's contributions to AZZ.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000008947-24-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZZ
- cik: 0000008947
- company_name: AZZ INC
- filed_at: 2024-03-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8947/000000894724000031/0000008947-24-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8947/000000894724000031/azz-20240326.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000008947-24-000031
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000008947-24-000031.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000008947-24-000031.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Philip Schlom departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at AZZ INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Philip Schlom has notified AZZ that he will complete the term under his existing employment agreement and then will retire from his role as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective November 4, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8947/000000894724000031/0000008947-24-000031-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jason Crawford was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at AZZ INC.
  - Action: promoted
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: At the end of Mr. Schlom’s employment term, Jason Crawford, 50, will be promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8947/000000894724000031/0000008947-24-000031-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.