---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000712515-21-000145"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EA"
cik: "0000712515"
company_name: "ELECTRONIC ARTS INC."
filed_at: "2021-09-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T00:30:37.489937+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# EA CFO Blake Jorgensen to depart summer 2022; Laura Miele promoted to COO

## Summary
- CFO and COO Blake Jorgensen plans to transition out by summer 2022; internal/external CFO search begins immediately.
- Chief Studios Officer Laura Miele becomes COO, overseeing company-wide operations and strategic planning.
- Chris Bruzzo appointed Chief Experience Officer to build social ecosystems around EA games.
- Mala Singh (CPO), Ken Moss (CTO), and Jake Schatz (CLO) remain in their current executive roles.
- Leadership changes effective progressively; Jorgensen will assist with CFO transition and onboarding.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000712515-21-000145
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EA
- cik: 0000712515
- company_name: ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.
- filed_at: 2021-09-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000071251521000145/0000712515-21-000145-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000071251521000145/ea-20210930.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000712515-21-000145.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Laura Miele was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at ELECTRONIC ARTS INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: EA also announced that Laura Miele, EA’s Chief Studios Officer, will assume the role of Chief Operating Officer and will transition into the role progressively over the next few months.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000071251521000145/0000712515-21-000145-index.htm
- Executive change
  Blake Jorgensen changed role as Chief Financial and Operating Officer at ELECTRONIC ARTS INC..
  - Action: transitioning
  - Role: Chief Financial and Operating Officer
  source text: Blake Jorgensen, EA’s Chief Financial and Operating Officer, has decided to begin a process to transition from EA with an expected departure in the summer of 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712515/000071251521000145/0000712515-21-000145-index.htm

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