---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001535929-22-000119"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VOYA"
cik: "0001535929"
company_name: "Voya Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T10:53:30.500425+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Voya Vice Chairman Charles P. Nelson to depart in Q2 2023; advisor role until then

## Summary
- Charles P. Nelson transitions from Vice Chairman and Chief Growth Officer to strategic advisor to President and CEO-Elect Heather Lavallee.
- Nelson will depart Voya Financial in the second quarter of 2023.
- The transition is effective December 1, 2022; no immediate replacement named for Chief Growth Officer role.
- Nelson is a named executive officer; his departure follows an orderly succession plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001535929-22-000119
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VOYA
- cik: 0001535929
- company_name: Voya Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000153592922000119/0001535929-22-000119-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000153592922000119/voya-20221201.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001535929-22-000119
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001535929-22-000119.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001535929-22-000119.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Charles P. Nelson changed role as Vice Chairman and strategic advisor at Voya Financial, Inc..
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Vice Chairman and strategic advisor
  source text: Charles P. Nelson, the Registrant's Vice Chairman and Chief Growth Officer, and a named executive officer of the Registrant, will transition to a new role as Vice Chairman and strategic advisor to Heather Lavallee, President and CEO-Elect, before departing the Registrant in the second quarter of 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000153592922000119/0001535929-22-000119-index.htm
- Executive change
  Charles P. Nelson departed as Vice Chairman and strategic advisor at Voya Financial, Inc..
  - Action: departing
  - Role: Vice Chairman and strategic advisor
  source text: before departing the Registrant in the second quarter of 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000153592922000119/0001535929-22-000119-index.htm

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