---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-018119"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAG"
cik: "0000023217"
company_name: "CONAGRA BRANDS INC."
filed_at: "2023-06-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T19:25:46.053601+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Conagra Brands' principal accounting officer Robert Wise to retire; William Johnson to succeed

## Summary
- Robert G. Wise, SVP Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer, will retire by July 28, 2023.
- William E. Johnson, currently Assistant Controller, expected to be appointed as his successor.
- Johnson joined Conagra in 2019; prior roles include Director of Internal Audit at Kiewit and 12 years at KPMG.
- Wise has been with the company since 2003 and led the corporate controller group since 2012.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-018119
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAG
- cik: 0000023217
- company_name: CONAGRA BRANDS INC.
- filed_at: 2023-06-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23217/000143774923018119/0001437749-23-018119-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23217/000143774923018119/cag20230622_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-018119
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-018119.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-018119.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William E. Johnson was appointed as Senior Vice President Corporate Controller (principal accounting officer) at CONAGRA BRANDS INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President Corporate Controller (principal accounting officer)
  source text: The Board expects to appoint William E. Johnson, the Company’s Assistant Controller, to serve as Senior Vice President Corporate Controller (principal accounting officer) to succeed Mr. Wise upon his retirement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23217/000143774923018119/0001437749-23-018119-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert G. Wise departed as Senior Vice President Corporate Controller (principal accounting officer) at CONAGRA BRANDS INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Senior Vice President Corporate Controller (principal accounting officer)
  source text: On June 22, 2023, Conagra Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) has announced that Robert G. Wise, Senior Vice President Corporate Controller (principal accounting officer), has decided to retire from the Company no later than July 28, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23217/000143774923018119/0001437749-23-018119-index.htm

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