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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-039384"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NI"
cik: "0001111711"
company_name: "NISOURCE INC."
filed_at: "2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T22:43:02.918719+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NiSource EVP and Chief Innovation Officer Donald Brown to depart by May 1, 2024

## Summary
- Donald Brown, EVP and Chief Innovation Officer, informed NiSource on Feb. 19, 2024, of his departure effective on or before May 1, 2024.
- No successor has been named; terms of separation are not yet finalized.
- Brown's role oversaw innovation strategy; his departure may create a leadership gap in that area.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-039384
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NI
- cik: 0001111711
- company_name: NISOURCE INC.
- filed_at: 2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111711/000119312524039384/0001193125-24-039384-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111711/000119312524039384/d774196d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-039384
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-039384.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-039384.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Donald Brown departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at NISOURCE INC..
  - Action: will depart
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer
  source text: On February 19, 2024, Donald Brown informed NiSource Inc. (the “Company”) that he will depart the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer effective on or before May 1, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111711/000119312524039384/0001193125-24-039384-index.htm

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