---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-007182"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XYZ"
cik: "0001512673"
company_name: "Block, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-01-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T15:59:05.143652+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Block's Chief Legal Officer Sivan Whiteley resigns; Chrysty Esperanza named interim

## Summary
- Sivan Whiteley to resign as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary effective Feb 16, 2023.
- Chrysty Esperanza, current General Counsel, will serve as Interim Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary.
- Whiteley will provide transition support and advisory services through April 7, 2023, with no compensation changes.
- Whiteley had been with Block for nearly ten years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-007182
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XYZ
- cik: 0001512673
- company_name: Block, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512673/000119312523007182/0001193125-23-007182-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512673/000119312523007182/d449462d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-007182.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sivan Whiteley resigned as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Block, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
  source text: On January 9, 2023, Sivan Whiteley, the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Block, Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Company of her intention to resign from her position, with her resignation effective as of February 16, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512673/000119312523007182/0001193125-23-007182-index.htm
- Executive change
  Chrysty Esperanza was appointed as Interim Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Block, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
  source text: The Company’s current General Counsel, Chrysty Esperanza, will serve as the Interim Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, effective upon Ms. Whiteley’s resignation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512673/000119312523007182/0001193125-23-007182-index.htm

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