---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000927653-21-000081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MCK"
cik: "0000927653"
company_name: "MCKESSON CORP"
filed_at: "2021-09-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T03:23:05.190150+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# McKesson names Kevin W. Emerson interim CAO while permanent search continues

## Summary
- Appointed September 10, 2021 as interim Senior VP, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer.
- Emerson joined McKesson in 2005; most recently VP of Corporate Initiatives.
- He holds a Bachelor's from Washington and Lee University and is a CPA.
- Company is completing a search for a permanent replacement for the role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000927653-21-000081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MCK
- cik: 0000927653
- company_name: MCKESSON CORP
- filed_at: 2021-09-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927653/000092765321000081/0000927653-21-000081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927653/000092765321000081/mck-20210910.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000927653-21-000081
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000927653-21-000081.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000927653-21-000081.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kevin W. Emerson was appointed as Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at MCKESSON CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On September 10, 2021, Kevin W. Emerson was appointed as Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of McKesson Corporation (“McKesson” or the “Company”) on an interim basis while the Company completes its search process for a permanent replacement for this position.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927653/000092765321000081/0000927653-21-000081-index.htm

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