---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-101971"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OCGN"
cik: "0001372299"
company_name: "Ocugen, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T13:15:20.247719+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ocugen appoints Michael Breininger as Interim CAO and principal financial officer

## Summary
- Breininger, a CFGI managing director, became Interim CAO and principal financial officer effective Sept 15, 2023.
- Shankar Musunuri (CEO) and Ramesh Kumar (director) ceased serving as interim principal financial officer and Interim CAO, respectively.
- Breininger serves under a 12-month agreement with CFGI; CFGI will be paid $52,500 monthly for the arrangement.
- Breininger is a CPA with prior roles at CFGI, Singer Equipment, and PwC; he receives no direct compensation from Ocugen.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-101971
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OCGN
- cik: 0001372299
- company_name: Ocugen, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1372299/000110465923101971/0001104659-23-101971-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1372299/000110465923101971/tm2326028d2_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Breininger was appointed as Interim Chief Accounting Officer and principal financial officer at Ocugen, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Accounting Officer and principal financial officer
  source text: On September 15, 2023, the Board of Directors of Ocugen, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Michael Breininger, who is currently the Corporate Controller, as the Company’s Interim Chief Accounting Officer and principal financial officer, effective as of September 15, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1372299/000110465923101971/0001104659-23-101971-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ramesh Kumar departed as Interim Chief Accounting Officer at Ocugen, Inc..
  - Action: is no longer serving
  - Role: Interim Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Ramesh Kumar, Ph.D., a director of the Company, is no longer serving as the Company’s Interim Chief Accounting Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1372299/000110465923101971/0001104659-23-101971-index.htm
- Executive change
  Shankar Musunuri departed as interim principal financial officer at Ocugen, Inc..
  - Action: is no longer serving
  - Role: interim principal financial officer
  source text: In addition, effective as of September 15, 2023, (i) Shankar Musunuri, Ph.D., MBA, the Company’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder , is no longer serving as the Company’s interim principal financial officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1372299/000110465923101971/0001104659-23-101971-index.htm

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