---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-272580"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "T"
cik: "0000732717"
company_name: "AT&T INC."
filed_at: "2026-06-16T20:05:51+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T20:09:00.155531+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AT&T CFO Pascal Desroches to retire Dec 31, 2026; Jennifer Biry named successor effective Jan 1, 2027

## Summary
- Pascal Desroches retires as SEVP and CFO effective Dec 31, 2026 after planned transition.
- Jennifer Biry appointed Deputy CFO effective July 6, 2026; will become CFO on Jan 1, 2027.
- Biry is former CFO/COO of McAfee (since 2022) and previously held senior AT&T finance roles including WarnerMedia CFO.
- Biry's stepdaughter employed by AT&T subsidiary with approximate 2025 compensation of $141,090.
- Transition is part of orderly succession; no changes to financial guidance announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-272580
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: T
- cik: 0000732717
- company_name: AT&T INC.
- filed_at: 2026-06-16T20:05:51+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732717/000119312526272580/0001193125-26-272580-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732717/000119312526272580/d151168d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-272580.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Pascal Desroches departed as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at AT&T INC..
  - Action: retirement
  - Role: Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Pascal Desroches announced his retirement as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AT&T Inc. (the “Company”), which will be effective as of December 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732717/000119312526272580/0001193125-26-272580-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jennifer Biry was appointed as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at AT&T INC..
  - Action: will assume
  - Role: Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Ms. Biry will assume the role of Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer as of January 1, 2027.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732717/000119312526272580/0001193125-26-272580-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jennifer Biry was appointed as Deputy Chief Financial Officer at AT&T INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Deputy Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Company appointed Jennifer Biry as Deputy Chief Financial Officer, effective as of July 6, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732717/000119312526272580/0001193125-26-272580-index.htm

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