---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001108524-21-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRM"
cik: "0001108524"
company_name: "Salesforce, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T09:07:27.981290+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Salesforce appoints Sundeep Reddy as new CAO; Joe Allanson transitions to ESG role

## Summary
- Joe Allanson to retire as EVP, CAO and Corporate Controller, becomes EVP, Finance ESG effective Sept 15, 2021.
- Sundeep Reddy appointed EVP & Chief Accounting Officer effective Sept 15; previously SVP, Controller & CAO at McKesson.
- Base salary $528,572, target bonus 75% of salary, sign-on bonus $100k; equity grants of $1.75M RSUs and $1.75M options.
- Reddy is a CPA in Georgia with a BBA from Georgia State and an MBA from Emory University.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001108524-21-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRM
- cik: 0001108524
- company_name: Salesforce, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-18T23:59:59+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/1108524/000110852421000042/0001108524-21-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108524/000110852421000042/crm-20210813.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001108524-21-000042
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001108524-21-000042.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sundeep Reddy was appointed as Executive Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer at Salesforce, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Sundeep Reddy, age 48, will serve as Executive Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, effective September 15, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108524/000110852421000042/0001108524-21-000042-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joe Allanson changed role as Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller at Salesforce, Inc..
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller
  source text: Joe Allanson will retire from his position as Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of the Company and transition to the role of Executive Vice President, Finance ESG at the Company, effective September 15, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108524/000110852421000042/0001108524-21-000042-index.htm

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