---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-128698"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPN"
cik: "0001123360"
company_name: "GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T04:39:44.631899+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Global Payments names President/COO Cameron Bready as CEO effective June 1; Jeff Sloan steps down

## Summary
- Cameron M. Bready, current President and COO, will become President and CEO effective June 1, 2023, succeeding Jeffrey S. Sloan.
- Jeffrey S. Sloan steps down as CEO and from the Board on June 1, 2023; will aid transition.
- Bready will also join the Board; salary set at $1,000,000/year with target annual bonus of at least 200% of base salary.
- Succession follows strategic pivot completion including EVO Payments acquisition and divestitures of Netspend consumer and gaming businesses.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-128698
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPN
- cik: 0001123360
- company_name: GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000119312523128698/0001193125-23-128698-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000119312523128698/d498180d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Cameron M. Bready was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On May 1, 2023, Global Payments Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Cameron M. Bready, the Company’s existing President and Chief Operating Officer will succeed Jeffrey S. Sloan as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, with the title of President and Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000119312523128698/0001193125-23-128698-index.htm
- Executive change
  Cameron M. Bready was elected as Director at GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Bready will also be elected to the Board of Directors of the Company as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000119312523128698/0001193125-23-128698-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey S. Sloan resigned as Chief Executive Officer at GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On May 1, 2023, the Company announced that it had entered into a letter agreement with Mr. Sloan dated May 1, 2023 and attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 pursuant to which the parties acknowledged that Mr. Sloan will be leaving the Company and the Board effective June 1, 2023 as part of the Board’s implementation of the Company’s management succession plan.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000119312523128698/0001193125-23-128698-index.htm

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