---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-073425"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TRU"
cik: "0001552033"
company_name: "TransUnion"
filed_at: "2022-03-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T23:35:13.770702+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TransUnion CAO Tim Elberfeld resigns; CFO Todd Cello named interim principal accounting officer

## Summary
- Timothy Elberfeld resigns as SVP, Chief Accounting Officer, effective April 2, 2022; departure not related to any accounting disagreements.
- CFO Todd M. Cello appointed as principal accounting officer on interim basis starting April 2, 2022.
- Cello, 46, has been CFO since Aug 2017, joined TransUnion in 1997; will not receive additional compensation for this role.
- Company will conduct a search to identify a permanent successor to Elberfeld.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-073425
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TRU
- cik: 0001552033
- company_name: TransUnion
- filed_at: 2022-03-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1552033/000119312522073425/0001193125-22-073425-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1552033/000119312522073425/d311474d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-073425
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-073425.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-073425.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Todd M. Cello was appointed as principal accounting officer at TransUnion.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: Effective on the Separation Date, Todd M. Cello, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, will be appointed to the role of principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1552033/000119312522073425/0001193125-22-073425-index.htm
- Executive change
  Timothy Elberfeld resigned as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer at TransUnion.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On March 7, 2022, Timothy Elberfeld notified TransUnion (the “Company”) of his decision to resign his role as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, effective April 2, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1552033/000119312522073425/0001193125-22-073425-index.htm

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