---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001032208-26-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SRE"
cik: "0001032208"
company_name: "SEMPRA"
filed_at: "2026-07-09T20:16:04+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-09T20:17:05.591630+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sempra appoints Justin C. Bird as CFO; Sedgwick to lead SoCalGas

## Summary
- Justin C. Bird appointed EVP and CFO, effective around closing of Sempra Infrastructure stake sale (expected Q3 2026).
- Karen L. Sedgwick appointed CEO and President of Southern California Gas Co., concurrent with Bird's effective date.
- Bird has served as EVP since Jan 2024 and CEO of Sempra Infrastructure since Apr 2020; compensation unchanged.
- CFO transition tied to planned sale of a portion of Sempra's equity interest in Sempra Infrastructure Partners.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001032208-26-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SRE
- cik: 0001032208
- company_name: SEMPRA
- filed_at: 2026-07-09T20:16:04+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/1032208/000103220826000040/0001032208-26-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032208/000103220826000040/sempra-20260706.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001032208-26-000040
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001032208-26-000040.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001032208-26-000040.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Karen L. Sedgwick was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and President of Southern California Gas Company at SEMPRA.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President of Southern California Gas Company
  source text: Mr. Bird will assume the Chief Financial Officer role from Karen L. Sedgwick, who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Southern California Gas Company, a subsidiary of Sempra, with an effective date concurrent with the effective date of Mr. Bird’s appointment as described above.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032208/000103220826000040/0001032208-26-000040-index.htm
- Executive change
  Justin C. Bird was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at SEMPRA.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On July 6, 2026, the Board of Directors of Sempra appointed Justin C. Bird as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sempra, effective on a to-be-determined date on or around the closing of Sempra’s planned sale of a portion of its equity interest in Sempra Infrastructure Partners, LP, which is expected to occur in the third quarter of 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032208/000103220826000040/0001032208-26-000040-index.htm

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