---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000833444-22-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JCI"
cik: "0000833444"
company_name: "Johnson Controls International plc"
filed_at: "2022-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T08:11:50.884978+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Johnson Controls Corporate Controller resigns; CFO assumes principal accounting officer role

## Summary
- Robert VanHimbergen resigns as VP, Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer, effective March 4, 2022.
- Resignation is not due to any disagreement with the company on operations, policies, or practices.
- Olivier Leonetti, EVP and CFO, will serve as interim principal accounting officer starting March 4, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000833444-22-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JCI
- cik: 0000833444
- company_name: Johnson Controls International plc
- filed_at: 2022-02-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344422000010/0000833444-22-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344422000010/jci-20220211.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000833444-22-000010
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000833444-22-000010.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000833444-22-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Olivier Leonetti was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at Johnson Controls International plc.
  - Action: assume
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: In connection with Mr. VanHimbergen’s resignation, Olivier Leonetti, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will assume the role and responsibilities of principal accounting officer on an interim basis as of the effective date of Mr. VanHimbergen’s resignation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344422000010/0000833444-22-000010-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert VanHimbergen resigned as Vice President, Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer at Johnson Controls International plc.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Vice President, Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer
  source text: On February 11, 2022, Robert VanHimbergen notified Johnson Controls International plc (the “Company”) of his intention to resign as the Company’s Vice President, Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer to take an executive role outside of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344422000010/0000833444-22-000010-index.htm

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