---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001071739-22-000388"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNC"
cik: "0001071739"
company_name: "CENTENE CORP"
filed_at: "2022-12-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T04:34:46.948408+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Centene appoints new President, COO, and other senior leaders as part of growth strategy

## Summary
- Ken Fasola named President; previously EVP of Health Care Enterprises, former CEO of Magellan.
- Jim Murray named COO; previously Chief Transformation Officer.
- Brent Layton transitions to Senior Advisor to CEO, planned retirement by end of 2023.
- Dave Thomas becomes CEO of Markets and Medicaid; expanded responsibility for Medicaid product.
- Alice Chen appointed Chief Health Officer (Jan 1, 2023); Brian LeClaire appointed CIO (Dec 5, 2022).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001071739-22-000388
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNC
- cik: 0001071739
- company_name: CENTENE CORP
- filed_at: 2022-12-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173922000388/0001071739-22-000388-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173922000388/cnc-20221213.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001071739-22-000388.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brent Layton changed role as Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer at CENTENE CORP.
  - Action: will transition to
  - Role: Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Brent Layton, the Company’s current President and Chief Operating Officer, will transition to the role of Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer as a non-executive officer until his planned retirement on December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173922000388/0001071739-22-000388-index.htm
- Executive change
  James Murray was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer at CENTENE CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
  source text: announced that the Board of Directors of the Company had appointed Kenneth Fasola, 63, as President of the Company and James Murray, 69, as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of the Company effective as of December 14, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173922000388/0001071739-22-000388-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kenneth Fasola was appointed as President at CENTENE CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: announced that the Board of Directors of the Company had appointed Kenneth Fasola, 63, as President of the Company and James Murray, 69, as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of the Company effective as of December 14, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173922000388/0001071739-22-000388-index.htm

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