---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001141391-26-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MA"
cik: "0001141391"
company_name: "Mastercard Inc"
filed_at: "2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:24:37.871375+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mastercard names Chris Mullett as Corporate Controller; Arkell to Chief Audit Executive

## Summary
- Sandra Arkell will step down as Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer to become Chief Audit Executive, effective August 3, 2026.
- Chris Mullett, age 52, appointed as new Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer, effective August 3, 2026.
- Mullett joined Mastercard in 2017 and most recently served as CFO, Europe since May 2023.
- Compensation for Mullett will be consistent with other officers at his level, including eligibility for incentive and change-in-control plans.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001141391-26-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MA
- cik: 0001141391
- company_name: Mastercard Inc
- filed_at: 2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141391/000114139126000034/0001141391-26-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141391/000114139126000034/ma-20260505.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001141391-26-000034
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001141391-26-000034.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001141391-26-000034.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Chris Mullett was appointed as Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer at Mastercard Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer
  source text: The Company also announced that effective as of August 3, 2026, Chris Mullett will be appointed to succeed Ms. Arkell as Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141391/000114139126000034/0001141391-26-000034-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sandra Arkell changed role as Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer at Mastercard Inc.
  - Action: step down
  - Role: Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer
  source text: On May 7, 2026, Mastercard Incorporated (“Mastercard” or the “Company”) announced that Sandra Arkell, the Company’s Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer, will assume the role of Mastercard’s Chief Audit Executive effective August 3, 2026, at which time she will step down from her current role.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141391/000114139126000034/0001141391-26-000034-index.htm

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