---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-056388"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GNW"
cik: "0001276520"
company_name: "GENWORTH FINANCIAL INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T17:10:37.210453+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Genworth appoints Jerome Upton as CFO effective March 1, 2023; Sheehan transitions to advisory role

## Summary
- Daniel Sheehan IV stepped down as EVP, CFO and CIO effective March 1, 2023; will remain in advisory role through March 31.
- Jerome T. Upton appointed EVP and CFO (principal financial and accounting officer) effective March 1.
- Upton previously served as SVP, Deputy CFO and Controller since April 2022; joined Genworth predecessor in 1998.
- Upton's compensation: $600k base salary, annual incentive target of 125% of base, eligible for Senior Executive Severance Plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-056388
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GNW
- cik: 0001276520
- company_name: GENWORTH FINANCIAL INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1276520/000119312523056388/0001193125-23-056388-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1276520/000119312523056388/d449262d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-056388.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jerome T. Upton was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) at GENWORTH FINANCIAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
  source text: Effective March 1, 2023, the Company appointed Jerome T. Upton as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1276520/000119312523056388/0001193125-23-056388-index.htm
- Executive change
  Daniel J. Sheehan IV changed role as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer at GENWORTH FINANCIAL INC.
  - Action: transitioned out
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer
  source text: Daniel J. Sheehan IV, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Genworth Financial, Inc. (the “Company”), has transitioned out of his role effective March 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1276520/000119312523056388/0001193125-23-056388-index.htm

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