---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001555280-24-000237"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZTS"
cik: "0001555280"
company_name: "Zoetis Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T22:14:02.137143+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zoetis EVP, General Counsel Heidi C. Chen to step down; interim named

## Summary
- Heidi C. Chen to cease as EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary effective April 16, 2024.
- She will serve as employee advisor through July 16, 2024, then as non-employee consultant.
- Roxanne Lagano, EVP CHRO and Global Operations, appointed interim General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.
- Company conducting search for permanent replacement, considering internal and external candidates.
- Chen eligible for separation benefits under Executive Severance Plan and retirement-eligible benefits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001555280-24-000237
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZTS
- cik: 0001555280
- company_name: Zoetis Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-16T23:59:59+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/1555280/000155528024000237/0001555280-24-000237-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1555280/000155528024000237/zts-20240416.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001555280-24-000237.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Heidi C. Chen departed as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Zoetis Inc..
  - Action: ceased
  - Role: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
  source text: Effective April 16, 2024, Heidi C. Chen will cease her role as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, and Business Lead of Human Health Diagnostics of Zoetis Inc. (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1555280/000155528024000237/0001555280-24-000237-index.htm
- Executive change
  Roxanne Lagano was appointed as interim General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Zoetis Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
  source text: Roxanne Lagano, Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer and Global Operations, will serve as interim General Counsel and Corporate Secretary while the Company conducts a search for Ms. Chen’s permanent replacement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1555280/000155528024000237/0001555280-24-000237-index.htm

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