---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-000266"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHRW"
cik: "0001043277"
company_name: "C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC."
filed_at: "2023-01-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T20:40:53.416984+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# C.H. Robinson CEO Bob Biesterfeld steps down; Scott Anderson named interim CEO

## Summary
- Bob Biesterfeld stepped down as President & CEO and director effective Dec 31, 2022; termination was without cause, triggering severance benefits.
- Scott Anderson appointed Interim CEO effective Jan 1, 2023; Board has commenced a permanent CEO search with Russell Reynolds.
- Interim CEO Anderson's compensation: $1.1M base salary, 155% target bonus, and $2.5M RSU grant vesting in one year.
- COO Arun Rajan gets base salary increase to $910K, 120% bonus target, $4M LTIP, and $3.5M retention RSUs.
- Jodee Kozlak named independent Board Chair; Kermit Crawford appointed Governance Committee Chair.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-000266
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHRW
- cik: 0001043277
- company_name: C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-01-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043277/000119312523000266/0001193125-23-000266-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043277/000119312523000266/d436281d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-000266.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jodee Kozlak was appointed as independent Chair of the Board at C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: independent Chair of the Board
  source text: The independent directors of the Board appointed Jodee Kozlak as independent Chair of the Board, effective January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043277/000119312523000266/0001193125-23-000266-index.htm
- Executive change
  Scott Anderson was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the independent directors of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Scott Anderson, who previously served as independent Chair of the Board, as Interim Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), effective January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043277/000119312523000266/0001193125-23-000266-index.htm
- Executive change
  Bob Biesterfeld departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Bob Biesterfeld stepped down as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company, effective at the end of December 31, 2022, and his employment terminated January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043277/000119312523000266/0001193125-23-000266-index.htm

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