---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-026784"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAZ"
cik: "0001311370"
company_name: "Lazard, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T07:21:06.127718+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lazard names Mary Ann Betsch CFO effective Oct 3; base salary $750K

## Summary
- Mary Ann Betsch appointed CFO effective Oct 3, 2022, succeeding Evan L. Russo.
- Betsch receives $750,000 base salary, $250,000 sign-on bonus, and discretionary 2022 bonus.
- Betsch previously a managing director at Citadel; began career at PwC with over 20 years experience.
- Company also reported Q2 2022 results; no details provided in this filing excerpt.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-026784
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAZ
- cik: 0001311370
- company_name: Lazard, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000156459022026784/0001564590-22-026784-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000156459022026784/laz-8k_20220727.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-026784.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mary Ann Betsch was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Lazard, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On July 28, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Directors appointed Mary Ann Betsch, age 43, as Chief Financial Officer and a Managing Director of the Company and Lazard Group LLC (“Group”), effective October 3, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000156459022026784/0001564590-22-026784-index.htm

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