---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-054267"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCYX"
cik: "0001178253"
company_name: "SCYNEXIS INC"
filed_at: "2021-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T12:37:57.207977+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SCYNEXIS CFO Eric Francois to resign; Lawrence Hoffman appointed interim CFO effective Nov 19, 2021

## Summary
- CFO Eric Francois to resign effective Nov 19, 2021 to return to investment banking; will stay through transition.
- Board appoints Lawrence Hoffman (CPA, JD) as interim CFO via Danforth Advisors effective Nov 19, 2021.
- Hoffman will serve as principal financial and accounting officer; previously CFO at multiple biotech companies.
- No family relationships or arrangements between Hoffman and company officers/directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-054267
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCYX
- cik: 0001178253
- company_name: SCYNEXIS INC
- filed_at: 2021-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178253/000156459021054267/0001564590-21-054267-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178253/000156459021054267/scyx-8k_20211101.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-054267.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lawrence Hoffman was appointed as interim Chief Financial Officer at SCYNEXIS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On November 1, 2021, the Board of Directors of SCYNEXIS appointed Lawrence Hoffman, CPA, ESQ, of Danforth Advisors, LLC (“Danforth”) as interim Chief Financial Officer, effective as of the Transition Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178253/000156459021054267/0001564590-21-054267-index.htm
- Executive change
  Eric Francois resigned as Chief Financial Officer at SCYNEXIS INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: As previously announced, Eric Francois, Chief Financial Officer of SCYNEXIS, Inc. (the “Company”), will resign to return to his prior career in investment banking.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178253/000156459021054267/0001564590-21-054267-index.htm

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