---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-064477"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SON"
cik: "0000091767"
company_name: "SONOCO PRODUCTS CO"
filed_at: "2022-05-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T07:26:26.556431+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonoco CFO Julie Albrecht to depart effective June 30, 2022; successor search underway

## Summary
- CFO Julie Albrecht agreed to separation effective June 30, 2022; will stay through that date for transition.
- Departure is not due to any disagreement with company or board on operations, policies, or accounting.
- Company has begun a retained search for both internal and external candidates for successor.
- Albrecht had served as CFO since March 2019; previously held treasurer role, led pension de-risking and $2B+ in acquisitions.
- Severance payments subject to execution of separation agreement and release of claims.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-064477
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SON
- cik: 0000091767
- company_name: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO
- filed_at: 2022-05-25T23:59:59+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/91767/000110465922064477/0001104659-22-064477-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000110465922064477/tm2216817d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-064477.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Julie C. Albrecht departed as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at SONOCO PRODUCTS CO.
  - Action: agreed to a separation
  - Role: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 23, 2022, Sonoco Products Company (the “Company”) and Julie C. Albrecht, the Company’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, agreed to a separation effective as of June 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91767/000110465922064477/0001104659-22-064477-index.htm

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