---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-226884"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001618921"
company_name: "Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T00:31:51.755532+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Rosalind Brewer steps down; Ginger Graham interim CEO; FY2023 guidance lowered

## Summary
- Rosalind Brewer mutually agreed to step down as CEO and board member effective Aug 31, 2023.
- Ginger Graham, Lead Independent Director, appointed interim CEO effective Sep 1, 2023.
- Brewer receives $9M cash severance, plus health benefits, and $375K/month consulting fee through Feb 2024.
- Company expects full-year 2023 adjusted EPS at or near low end of prior range; 2024 guidance on next call.
- Search for permanent CEO underway with executive search firm.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-226884
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001618921
- company_name: Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618921/000119312523226884/0001193125-23-226884-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618921/000119312523226884/d497068d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-226884.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ginger Graham was appointed as interim Chief Executive Officer at Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: The Board has appointed Ginger Graham as the Company’s interim Chief Executive Officer, effective September 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618921/000119312523226884/0001193125-23-226884-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rosalind Brewer departed as Chief Executive Officer and Director at Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and Director
  source text: Rosalind Brewer had mutually agreed that Ms. Brewer would step down as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board, effective August 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618921/000119312523226884/0001193125-23-226884-index.htm

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