---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-090050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CERT"
cik: "0001827090"
company_name: "Certara, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-04T11:00:38+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-04T11:06:31.419555+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Certara President and CCO Leif Pedersen departs; stays as Senior Advisor through year-end

## Summary
- Leif E. Pedersen departed as President and Chief Commercial Officer effective August 1, 2026.
- He will serve as Senior Advisor for transition until December 31, 2026, then terminated without cause.
- Severance benefits per his employment agreement and Certara's Executive Officer Severance Policy.
- No replacement has been announced for the President and CCO role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-090050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CERT
- cik: 0001827090
- company_name: Certara, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-04T11:00:38+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1827090/000110465926090050/0001104659-26-090050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1827090/000110465926090050/tm2621862d1_8k.htm

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