---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000107140-24-000191"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WLY"
cik: "0000107140"
company_name: "JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-09-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T03:51:48.076400+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wiley CFO Christina Van Tassell to depart Oct 1; Christopher Caridi named interim CFO

## Summary
- CFO Christina Van Tassell leaves Oct 1, 2024; will serve as Advisor to interim CFO and CEO until then.
- Christopher Caridi (58), Corporate Controller and CAO, appointed interim CFO effective Sept 18, 2024.
- Van Tassell's departure is without cause and not due to any disagreement with the Company.
- Caridi has 35+ years of finance experience, including roles at Thomson Reuters and Teladoc; no compensation change.
- Wiley reaffirmed its Fiscal 2025 outlook and Fiscal 2026 targets; cited strong Q1 revenue and earnings growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000107140-24-000191
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WLY
- cik: 0000107140
- company_name: JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-09-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714024000191/0000107140-24-000191-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714024000191/jwa-20240918.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christina Van Tassell departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC..
  - Action: leaving
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 18, 2024, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Christina Van Tassell, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Company on October 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714024000191/0000107140-24-000191-index.htm
- Executive change
  Christopher Caridi was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Company named its Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, Christopher Caridi, 58, to the additional position of Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective September 18, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000010714024000191/0000107140-24-000191-index.htm

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