---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000107140-21-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WLY"
cik: "0000107140"
company_name: "JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC."
filed_at: "2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T16:32:46.379051+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wiley CFO John Kritzmacher to retire; Christina Van Tassell appointed successor effective Nov 22, 2021

## Summary
- Christina Van Tassell, former Dow Jones CFO, joins as EVP & CFO effective Nov 22, 2021.
- John Kritzmacher will retire Dec 31, 2021, remaining as advisor through year-end.
- Van Tassell receives $650k base salary, 100% target bonus, $1.3M RSU grant, and 20,000 stock options.
- Sign-on bonus of $250k paid in two installments; eligibility for annual LTIP at 200% of base salary.
- Kritzmacher receives severance and benefits per June 2017 Addendum to his employment agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000107140-21-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WLY
- cik: 0000107140
- company_name: JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714021000042/0000107140-21-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714021000042/cfo_form8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107140-21-000042
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107140-21-000042.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107140-21-000042.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christina Van Tassell was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On October 25, 2021, the Company appointed Christina Van Tassell as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, reporting to President and Chief Executive Officer, Brian A. Napack, effective November 22, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714021000042/0000107140-21-000042-index.htm
- Executive change
  John A. Kritzmacher departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC..
  - Action: retiring
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On October 28, 2021, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that John A. Kritzmacher, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be retiring from the Company on December 31, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714021000042/0000107140-21-000042-index.htm

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