---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-277596"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GRDN"
cik: "0001802255"
company_name: "Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-22T20:35:38+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T20:37:33.206226+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Guardian Pharmacy announces retirement of EVP Forbes, Morris becomes COO, Mudd CFO

## Summary
- Kendall Forbes, EVP Sales & Operations since 2004, retires July 1, 2026; will assist transition through Aug 31.
- David Morris transitions from CFO to COO effective July 1, 2026.
- Will Mudd promoted from SVP Finance to CFO effective July 1, 2026; no additional compensation.
- Mudd oversaw finance, accounting, and HR since 2012; prior experience at Grant Thornton.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-277596
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GRDN
- cik: 0001802255
- company_name: Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-22T20:35:38+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802255/000119312526277596/0001193125-26-277596-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802255/000119312526277596/d97841d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Will Mudd was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Will Mudd, who currently serves as Senior Vice President, Finance of the Company, has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, also effective as of July 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802255/000119312526277596/0001193125-26-277596-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kendall Forbes departed as Executive Vice President of Sales & Operations at Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President of Sales & Operations
  source text: On June 22, 2026, Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Kendall Forbes, who has served as Executive Vice President of Sales & Operations since the Company was founded in 2004, will retire from all positions with the Company effective July 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802255/000119312526277596/0001193125-26-277596-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Morris changed role as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer at Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc..
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
  source text: The Company also announced on June 22, 2026, that upon Mr. Forbes’s retirement, and also effective as of July 1, 2026, David Morris will transition from his current role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company to the role of Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802255/000119312526277596/0001193125-26-277596-index.htm

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