---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-324144"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CP"
cik: "0000016875"
company_name: "CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LTD/CN"
filed_at: "2026-07-29T20:52:07+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-29T20:53:08.041675+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CPKC Board Chair Isabelle Courville retires; Gordon Trafton appointed Chair

## Summary
- Isabelle Courville retired as Board Chair effective July 29, 2026; she served since 2019 and oversaw CP-KCS merger.
- Gordon Trafton, board member since 2017 and Vice-Chair since Jan 2026, appointed Chair as part of succession plan.
- Courville's retirement not due to any disagreement with company operations or policies.
- Trafton is a 33-year railroad veteran, formerly at CN, Illinois Central, Burlington Northern.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-324144
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CP
- cik: 0000016875
- company_name: CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LTD/CN
- filed_at: 2026-07-29T20:52:07+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16875/000119312526324144/0001193125-26-324144-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16875/000119312526324144/d112154d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-324144
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-324144.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-324144.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Isabelle Courville retired as Chair of the Board of Directors at CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LTD/CN.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chair of the Board of Directors
  source text: On July 29, 2026, Isabelle Courville, Chair of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (the “Company”), notified the Company of her decision to retire from the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16875/000119312526324144/0001193125-26-324144-index.htm

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