---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001071739-26-000165"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNC"
cik: "0001071739"
company_name: "CENTENE CORP"
filed_at: "2026-08-17T10:05:42+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-17T10:10:09.470344+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Centene CFO Drew Asher to retire; Chris Neczypor named successor effective Jan 1, 2027

## Summary
- Asher steps down as CFO Dec 31, 2026, stays as Strategic Advisor through 2027.
- Neczypor, ex-Lincoln Financial CFO, joins Sept 2026 as EVP, becomes CFO Jan 1, 2027.
- Neczypor gets $1.1M base salary, 150% target bonus, $10M make-whole RSUs, $2M sign-on.
- Company reaffirms FY2026 adjusted diluted EPS guidance of greater than $4.80.
- Asher led Centene from ~$126B revenue (2021) to ~$195B (2025).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001071739-26-000165
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNC
- cik: 0001071739
- company_name: CENTENE CORP
- filed_at: 2026-08-17T10:05:42+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1071739/000107173926000165/0001071739-26-000165-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173926000165/cnc-20260812.htm

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