---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000064040-24-000169"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPGI"
cik: "0000064040"
company_name: "S&P Global Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T14:59:24.026755+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# S&P Global appoints Eric Aboaf as CFO, effective February 2025

## Summary
- Eric Aboaf, currently State Street CFO and Vice Chairman, appointed EVP and CFO of S&P Global, reporting to incoming CEO Martina Cheung.
- Effective date is February 2025; Christopher Craig will continue as interim CFO until Aboaf joins.
- Compensation: $825K base salary, $1.8M target short-term incentive, $6.5M target annual equity, $2.4M signing bonus, and $5.9M make-whole equity award.
- Aboaf brings CFO experience from State Street (8 years), Citizens Financial, and Citigroup; also served as Treasurer of Citigroup overseeing $1.9T balance sheet.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000064040-24-000169
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPGI
- cik: 0000064040
- company_name: S&P Global Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64040/000006404024000169/0000064040-24-000169-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64040/000006404024000169/spgi-20241015.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000064040-24-000169
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000064040-24-000169.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000064040-24-000169.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Eric Aboaf was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at S&P Global Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On October 15, 2024, S&P Global Inc. (the "Company") announced the appointment of Eric Aboaf, age 60, as Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64040/000006404024000169/0000064040-24-000169-index.htm

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