---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-237710"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WMG"
cik: "0001319161"
company_name: "Warner Music Group Corp."
filed_at: "2023-09-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T13:07:38.337113+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Warner Music Group appoints Bryan Castellani as CFO, succeeding Eric Levin

## Summary
- Bryan Castellani appointed EVP & CFO effective Oct 16; previously CFO of Disney Entertainment & ESPN.
- Castellani's employment terms: base salary $1.1M, target cash bonus $1.1M, annual RSU grant target $2.2M, plus $1.1M signing bonus.
- Outgoing CFO Eric Levin will remain as senior advisor through Jan 15, 2024, then retire.
- Castellani has over 20 years at Disney; will report to CEO Robert Kyncl.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-237710
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WMG
- cik: 0001319161
- company_name: Warner Music Group Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-09-19T23:59:59+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/1319161/000119312523237710/0001193125-23-237710-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000119312523237710/d539746d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bryan Castellani was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Warner Music Group Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 19, 2023, the Company announced the appointment of Bryan Castellani as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective October 16, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000119312523237710/0001193125-23-237710-index.htm
- Executive change
  Eric Levin departed as Chief Financial Officer at Warner Music Group Corp..
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On March 14, 2023, Warner Music Group Corp. (the “Company”) announced that it had begun planning for the succession of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Eric Levin.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000119312523237710/0001193125-23-237710-index.htm

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