---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000833444-24-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JCI"
cik: "0000833444"
company_name: "Johnson Controls International plc"
filed_at: "2024-01-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T23:41:38.039919+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Johnson Controls CFO Olivier Leonetti resigns; Marc Vandiepenbeeck named successor

## Summary
- Olivier Leonetti resigns as EVP & CFO effective Jan. 30, 2024, to take an external executive role; no disagreements cited.
- Marc Vandiepenbeeck, currently VP & President of Building Solutions EMEALA, will succeed Leonetti as EVP & CFO.
- Vandiepenbeeck's base salary set at $750,000; eligible for prorated bonus capped at 100% of base salary for FY2024.
- Vandiepenbeeck will receive long-term equity incentive awards (PSUs, options, RSUs) consistent with other executives.
- Vandiepenbeeck has 20 years at Johnson Controls; previously CFO for Building Solutions North America.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000833444-24-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JCI
- cik: 0000833444
- company_name: Johnson Controls International plc
- filed_at: 2024-01-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344424000004/0000833444-24-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344424000004/jci-20240109.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Marc Vandiepenbeeck was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Johnson Controls International plc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 16, 2024, the Company announced that Marc Vandiepenbeeck, the Company’s current Vice President and President, Building Solutions, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America, will succeed Mr. Leonetti as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344424000004/0000833444-24-000004-index.htm
- Executive change
  Olivier Leonetti resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Johnson Controls International plc.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 9, 2024, Olivier Leonetti notified Johnson Controls International plc (the “Company”) of his intention to resign as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer to take an executive role outside of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/833444/000083344424000004/0000833444-24-000004-index.htm

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