---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-075860"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CC"
cik: "0001627223"
company_name: "Chemours Co"
filed_at: "2024-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T08:29:48.918584+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chemours appoints Denise Dignam as President and CEO, replacing Mark Newman

## Summary
- Denise Dignam named President and CEO effective March 22, 2024; she was interim CEO since February 2024.
- Mark Newman resigned as officer and director; separation agreement grants extended stock option exercise period but no severance.
- Dignam's compensation: $975k base salary, 120% target bonus, $4.355M LTI award.
- Matthew Abbott continues as interim CFO; search for permanent CFO underway.
- Diane Iuliano Picho named interim President, Titanium Technologies.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-075860
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CC
- cik: 0001627223
- company_name: Chemours Co
- filed_at: 2024-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627223/000119312524075860/0001193125-24-075860-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627223/000119312524075860/d814363d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-075860
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-075860.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-075860.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark Newman resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer at Chemours Co.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mark Newman, who resigned from his officer and director positions with the Company, also effective as of March 22, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627223/000119312524075860/0001193125-24-075860-index.htm
- Executive change
  Denise Dignam was named as President and Chief Executive Officer at Chemours Co.
  - Action: named
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Chemours Company (the “Company”) has named Denise Dignam, formerly Interim Chief Executive Officer, as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board, effective as of March 22, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627223/000119312524075860/0001193125-24-075860-index.htm

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