---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000010795-21-000061"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDX"
cik: "0000010795"
company_name: "BECTON DICKINSON & CO"
filed_at: "2021-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T14:35:17.460240+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BD appoints Christopher DelOrefice as new CFO, effective Sept 6, 2021

## Summary
- DelOrefice, 50, joins from Johnson & Johnson where he was VP Investor Relations and held senior finance roles.
- He succeeds Christopher Reidy (64) who announced retirement; Reidy will remain as CAO and transition TGS by year-end.
- Compensation: base salary $720k, target annual incentive 95% of salary, annual equity target $3.1M.
- Also receives sign-on cash $680k and sign-on equity $1.72M, both paid in two installments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000010795-21-000061
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDX
- cik: 0000010795
- company_name: BECTON DICKINSON & CO
- filed_at: 2021-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079521000061/0000010795-21-000061-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079521000061/bdx-20210810.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000010795-21-000061
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000010795-21-000061.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000010795-21-000061.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher R. Reidy changed role as Chief Financial Officer at BECTON DICKINSON & CO.
  - Action: announced his intention to retire
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: As previously reported, Christopher R. Reidy, BD’s current CFO, has announced his intention to retire from BD. Mr. Reidy will continue to serve as BD’s Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer following the effective date of Mr. DelOrefice’s election.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079521000061/0000010795-21-000061-index.htm
- Executive change
  Christopher DelOrefice was elected as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at BECTON DICKINSON & CO.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 10, 2021, the Board of Directors of Becton, Dickinson and Company (“BD”) elected Christopher DelOrefice, 50, as BD’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective September 6, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079521000061/0000010795-21-000061-index.htm

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