---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950159-21-000192"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CI"
cik: "0001739940"
company_name: "Cigna Group"
filed_at: "2021-07-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T00:28:03.894852+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cigna announces Chair retirement; CEO Cordani to become Chair, Hathi joins board

## Summary
- Isaiah Harris Jr. (Chair since 2009) to retire at end of 2021; no disagreement cited.
- Neesha Hathi (Chief Digital Officer at Charles Schwab) appointed independent director effective Sept 1, 2021.
- David M. Cordani (President & CEO since 2008) to become Chair of Board effective Jan 1, 2022.
- Eric C. Wiseman to become Lead Independent Director effective Jan 1, 2022 for a three-year term.
- Hathi will serve on Audit and Finance Committees under non-employee director compensation program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950159-21-000192
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CI
- cik: 0001739940
- company_name: Cigna Group
- filed_at: 2021-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739940/000095015921000192/0000950159-21-000192-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739940/000095015921000192/cigna8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950159-21-000192
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950159-21-000192.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950159-21-000192.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Isaiah Harris, Jr. departed as Chair of the Board of Directors at Cigna Group.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chair of the Board of Directors
  source text: On July 26, 2021, Isaiah Harris, Jr., the current Chair of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cigna Corporation (“Cigna” or the “Company”), informed the Board that he intends to retire at the end of the year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739940/000095015921000192/0000950159-21-000192-index.htm
- Executive change
  Neesha Hathi was appointed as independent member of the Board at Cigna Group.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: independent member of the Board
  source text: On July 28, 2021, the Board appointed Neesha Hathi as an independent member of the Board, such appointment to be effective as of September 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739940/000095015921000192/0000950159-21-000192-index.htm

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