---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000721371-22-000059"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAH"
cik: "0000721371"
company_name: "CARDINAL HEALTH INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T01:11:52.364243+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cardinal Health names CFO Jason Hollar as CEO effective Sept 1; Patricia English interim CFO

## Summary
- Jason Hollar, 49, elected CEO effective Sept 1, 2022, succeeding Michael Kaufmann who departs.
- Hollar compensation: base salary $1.35M, target bonus 150%, LTI $11M, plus $3M alignment grant.
- Patricia English (CAO) appointed Interim CFO effective Sept 1; base $300K, $250K retention through Aug 2023, $500K PSUs.
- Mary Scherer, previously SVP Internal Audit, promoted to SVP & Chief Accounting Officer effective Sept 1.
- Kaufmann resigns from Board Sept 1; eligible for severance under Senior Executive Severance Plan subject to release and covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000721371-22-000059
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAH
- cik: 0000721371
- company_name: CARDINAL HEALTH INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/721371/000072137122000059/0000721371-22-000059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/721371/000072137122000059/cah-20220807.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000721371-22-000059
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000721371-22-000059.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000721371-22-000059.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael C. Kaufmann departed as Chief Executive Officer at CARDINAL HEALTH INC.
  - Action: depart
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. Hollar will succeed current CEO Michael C. Kaufmann, who will depart from the Company on September 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/721371/000072137122000059/0000721371-22-000059-index.htm
- Executive change
  Patricia M. English was elected as Interim Chief Financial Officer at CARDINAL HEALTH INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 10, 2022, the Board also elected Patricia M. English, 43, as Interim CFO of the Company, effective September 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/721371/000072137122000059/0000721371-22-000059-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jason M. Hollar was elected as Chief Executive Officer at CARDINAL HEALTH INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On August 10, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cardinal Health, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Jason M. Hollar, 49, as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company, effective September 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/721371/000072137122000059/0000721371-22-000059-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael C. Kaufmann departed as Director at CARDINAL HEALTH INC.
  - Action: resign
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Kaufmann will resign as a member of the Board on September 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/721371/000072137122000059/0000721371-22-000059-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mary C. Scherer was elected as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at CARDINAL HEALTH INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On August 10, 2022, the Board also elected Mary C. Scherer, 54, as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, effective September 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/721371/000072137122000059/0000721371-22-000059-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jason M. Hollar was elected as Director at CARDINAL HEALTH INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: The Board also elected Mr. Hollar as a director effective August 11, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/721371/000072137122000059/0000721371-22-000059-index.htm

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