---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001071739-23-000213"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNC"
cik: "0001071739"
company_name: "CENTENE CORP"
filed_at: "2023-11-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T01:57:11.078521+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Centene appoints Susan Smith as COO effective Jan 1, 2024

## Summary
- Susan Smith, 48, joins from Humana where she spent 19 years, most recently as SVP of Clinical, Quality and Enterprise Solutions President.
- As COO, Smith will oversee core operations, population health, enterprise transformation, provider experience, and quality.
- Her compensation includes $700k base salary, $700k annual short-term incentive target, and $1.6M long-term equity target.
- Smith started at Centene in June 2023 and will report to President Ken Fasola.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001071739-23-000213
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNC
- cik: 0001071739
- company_name: CENTENE CORP
- filed_at: 2023-11-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173923000213/0001071739-23-000213-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173923000213/cnc-20231115.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001071739-23-000213
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001071739-23-000213.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001071739-23-000213.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Susan Smith was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at CENTENE CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On November 15, 2023, Centene Corporation (the “Company”) announced that Susan Smith, 48, will be appointed as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective January 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173923000213/0001071739-23-000213-index.htm

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