---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-301238"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHRW"
cik: "0001043277"
company_name: "C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC."
filed_at: "2023-12-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T08:45:06.349599+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO Mike Zechmeister to retire; search for successor underway; will remain until May 31, 2024

## Summary
- Mike Zechmeister to depart as CFO; will stay until successor named or no later than May 31, 2024, then retire.
- Severance benefits provided under the company's Executive Separation and Change in Control Plan.
- Zechmeister receives prorated target annual cash incentive for 2024 at same target level as 2023.
- Company has commenced a formal search for a new chief financial officer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-301238
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHRW
- cik: 0001043277
- company_name: C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-12-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043277/000119312523301238/0001193125-23-301238-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043277/000119312523301238/d563913d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-301238.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael P. Zechmeister departed as Chief Financial Officer at C. H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC..
  - Action: departing
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On December 21, 2023, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Michael P. Zechmeister will be departing from his position as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043277/000119312523301238/0001193125-23-301238-index.htm

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