---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-223286"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MRNA"
cik: "0001682852"
company_name: "Moderna, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-08-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T23:09:46.930161+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Moderna appoints James Mock as CFO effective Sept 6, 2022; David Meline retires

## Summary
- James Mock named CFO, starting Sept 6, 2022; will report to CEO Stéphane Bancel.
- David Meline retires as CFO same date but remains as consultant for transition.
- Mock receives $750,000 base salary, $1M signing bonus, $6M equity grant (4-yr vest).
- Mock previously SVP & CFO of PerkinElmer; 20 years at GE before that.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-223286
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MRNA
- cik: 0001682852
- company_name: Moderna, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-08-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682852/000119312522223286/0001193125-22-223286-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682852/000119312522223286/d390105d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-223286
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-223286.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-223286.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Meline departed as Chief Financial Officer at Moderna, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: David Meline will retire as the Company’s CFO effective the same date, but will remain as a consultant to the Company to assist with the transition.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682852/000119312522223286/0001193125-22-223286-index.htm
- Executive change
  James Mock was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Moderna, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: James Mock has been appointed to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), beginning September 6, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682852/000119312522223286/0001193125-22-223286-index.htm

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