---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000759944-24-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CFG"
cik: "0000759944"
company_name: "CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI"
filed_at: "2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T00:31:24.632275+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Citizens Financial appoints Tracy Atkinson to board; Kelly to become lead independent director

## Summary
- Tracy Atkinson appointed to board effective March 1, 2024; board expands to 14; she will serve on Audit Committee.
- Edward J. Kelly III appointed lead independent director, subject to reelection, succeeding Shivan Subramaniam.
- Shivan Subramaniam to retire after April 2024 annual meeting due to mandatory retirement age; served since 2005.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000759944-24-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CFG
- cik: 0000759944
- company_name: CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI
- filed_at: 2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/759944/000075994424000038/0000759944-24-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/759944/000075994424000038/cfg-20240215.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000759944-24-000038
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000759944-24-000038.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000759944-24-000038.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Tracy A. Atkinson was appointed as Director at CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board appointed Tracy A. Atkinson to the Company’s Board effective March 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/759944/000075994424000038/0000759944-24-000038-index.htm
- Executive change
  Shivan Subramaniam retired as Director at CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: Shivan Subramaniam, who will retire from the Board after his current term expires at the annual meeting of shareholders in April 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/759944/000075994424000038/0000759944-24-000038-index.htm
- Executive change
  Edward J. Kelly III was appointed as Lead Independent Director at CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Lead Independent Director
  source text: Edward J. Kelly III, who has served on the Board since 2019, will be appointed as the Company’s lead independent director, subject to his reelection, succeeding Shivan Subramaniam.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/759944/000075994424000038/0000759944-24-000038-index.htm

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