---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000063754-24-000049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKC"
cik: "0000063754"
company_name: "MCCORMICK & CO INC"
filed_at: "2024-06-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T01:59:36.566652+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# McCormick appoints Marcos Gabriel as EVP & CFO, succeeding retiring Mike Smith effective Dec 1, 2024

## Summary
- Marcos Gabriel promoted to Executive VP & CFO, effective December 1, 2024.
- Mike Smith, CFO since 2016, will retire; stays as EVP until February 28, 2025.
- Gabriel's base salary set at $650,000; target bonus 80%, max 160% of base.
- Gabriel joined McCormick in 2017; most recently SVP Global Finance & Capital Markets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000063754-24-000049
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKC
- cik: 0000063754
- company_name: MCCORMICK & CO INC
- filed_at: 2024-06-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375424000049/0000063754-24-000049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375424000049/mkc-20240625.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063754-24-000049
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063754-24-000049.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063754-24-000049.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael R. Smith departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at MCCORMICK & CO INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Smith will step down from his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective December 1, 2024, and will continue thereafter as Executive Vice President of McCormick to assist with the transition until his retirement from McCormick on February 28, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375424000049/0000063754-24-000049-index.htm
- Executive change
  Marcos Gabriel was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at MCCORMICK & CO INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On June 25, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of McCormick & Company, Incorporated (“McCormick”) appointed Marcos Gabriel as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of McCormick effective December 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375424000049/0000063754-24-000049-index.htm

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