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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001408198-26-000049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSCI"
cik: "0001408198"
company_name: "MSCI Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-07T20:02:14+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-07T20:03:12.598677+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSCI names CFO Wiechmann interim principal accounting officer; Johnson interim Global Controller

## Summary
- CFO Wiechmann named interim principal accounting officer effective Aug 10, 2026.
- Appointment follows previously disclosed departure of Global Controller/CAO (8-K filed Mar 31, 2026).
- Kristine Johnson named interim Global Controller; previously Commercial Controller since Apr 2025.
- No new compensatory arrangements for Wiechmann; no family relationships or reportable transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001408198-26-000049
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSCI
- cik: 0001408198
- company_name: MSCI Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-07T20:02:14+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819826000049/0001408198-26-000049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819826000049/msci-20260807.htm

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