---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-001897"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LE"
cik: "0000799288"
company_name: "LANDS' END, INC."
filed_at: "2023-01-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T19:08:54.798930+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lands' End CFO James Gooch to resign Jan 27; Bernard McCracken named interim CFO

## Summary
- James Gooch resigns as President and CFO effective Jan 27, 2023; will serve as advisor through Feb 2024.
- Bernard McCracken, VP Controller & CAO since 2014, appointed Interim CFO effective Jan 28, 2023.
- As interim CFO, McCracken receives additional $15,000 monthly on top of $317,240 base salary.
- Gooch will receive $700,000 annualized salary during advisory and consulting periods.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-001897
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LE
- cik: 0000799288
- company_name: LANDS' END, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-01-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799288/000110465923001897/0001104659-23-001897-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799288/000110465923001897/tm232519d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bernard McCracken was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at LANDS' END, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: In addition, on January 5, 2023, the Company announced that it has appointed Bernard McCracken, 61, as Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective as of January 28, 2023, to serve while the Company conducts a search for a permanent Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799288/000110465923001897/0001104659-23-001897-index.htm
- Executive change
  James Gooch resigned as President and Chief Financial Officer at LANDS' END, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 4, 2023, Lands’ End, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a letter agreement with James Gooch setting forth the terms of his resignation as President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company at the conclusion of the current fiscal year, on January 27, 2023 (the “Resignation Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799288/000110465923001897/0001104659-23-001897-index.htm

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