---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-179983"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROK"
cik: "0001024478"
company_name: "ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC"
filed_at: "2024-07-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T20:04:34.805942+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rockwell Automation appoints Christian Rothe as CFO, effective Aug. 19, replacing retiring Gangestad

## Summary
- Christian Rothe, former Graco Inc. president of Global Industrial Division, named SVP and CFO of Rockwell Automation.
- Rothe replaces Nick Gangestad, who announced retirement on May 7 and served as CFO since 2021.
- Compensation includes $800,000 annual salary, 100% annual incentive target, and $1M each in stock options and RSUs vesting over 3 years.
- Sign-on cash payments of $500,000 (within 30 days) and $250,000 (six-month anniversary), subject to repayment if resignation or termination for cause within 2 years.
- Rothe received a change of control agreement and standard relocation assistance; he will be based in Milwaukee, WI.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-179983
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROK
- cik: 0001024478
- company_name: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC
- filed_at: 2024-07-17T23:59:59+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/1024478/000119312524179983/0001193125-24-179983-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000119312524179983/d817881d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christian Rothe was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Christian Rothe has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective August 19, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000119312524179983/0001193125-24-179983-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nicholas Gangestad departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC.
  - Action: succeeded
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Rothe succeeds Nicholas Gangestad, who has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since March 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000119312524179983/0001193125-24-179983-index.htm

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