---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-017940"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "A"
cik: "0001090872"
company_name: "AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-02-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T21:40:08.627300+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Agilent CEO Mike McMullen to retire May 1; Padraig McDonnell named CEO-elect and COO

## Summary
- Mike McMullen to retire as President and CEO effective May 1, 2024, then serve as senior advisor until Oct 31.
- Padraig McDonnell (52) appointed COO and CEO-elect; to become CEO on May 1 and join Board.
- McDonnell's base salary raised to $900,000; target bonus 100% of salary; equity grants totaling $2M.
- Angelica Riemann named ACG president; Jonah Kirkwood becomes chief commercial officer.
- McMullen led Agilent since 2015; market cap nearly tripled under his tenure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-017940
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: A
- cik: 0001090872
- company_name: AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-02-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090872/000095017024017940/0000950170-24-017940-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090872/000095017024017940/a-20240220.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-017940
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-017940.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-017940.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Padraig McDonnell was appointed as Chief Operating Officer and CEO-elect at AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer and CEO-elect
  source text: the Board appointed Padraig McDonnell, age 52 and a Senior Vice President of the Company, as Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) and CEO-elect.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090872/000095017024017940/0000950170-24-017940-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael McMullen departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC..
  - Action: will retire
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Michael McMullen, President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Agilent Technologies, Inc. (the “Company” or “Agilent”), notified the Company that he will retire as President and CEO of the Company and as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board”) on May 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090872/000095017024017940/0000950170-24-017940-index.htm

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