---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-091644"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PFG"
cik: "0001126328"
company_name: "PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T08:12:06.069201+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Principal Financial Group appoints Deanna Strable as President and COO; Joel Pitz interim CFO

## Summary
- Deanna Strable, previously EVP & CFO since 2017, named President & COO effective Aug 20, 2024.
- Dan Houston remains CEO and Chairman; Strable will oversee Retirement/Income, Benefits/Protection, and Asset Management.
- Joel Pitz, SVP & Controller since 2021, appointed interim CFO and principal accounting officer.
- Strable's compensation: $850,000 base salary, 250% target bonus, $5.1M long-term incentive in RSUs.
- Pitz receives $400,000 RSU award with three-year cliff vesting for interim CFO role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-091644
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PFG
- cik: 0001126328
- company_name: PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465924091644/0001104659-24-091644-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465924091644/tm2422344d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Deanna Strable was appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer at PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On August 20, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Principal Financial Group, Inc. (the “ Company ”) appointed Deanna Strable as President and Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465924091644/0001104659-24-091644-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joel Pitz was appointed as interim Chief Financial Officer at PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Board appointed Joel Pitz as interim Chief Financial Officer (and he will also be serving as interim principal financial and accounting officer).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126328/000110465924091644/0001104659-24-091644-index.htm

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