---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001601046-22-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KEYS"
cik: "0001601046"
company_name: "Keysight Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T04:49:47.358638+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Keysight CEO Ron Nersesian to retire May 1; COO Satish Dhanasekaran appointed as successor

## Summary
- Ron Nersesian to retire as President and CEO effective May 1, 2022; will remain Executive Chairman.
- Satish Dhanasekaran, current COO, appointed President and CEO effective May 1; also joins Board as Class III director.
- Board increased size to 11 directors to accommodate Dhanasekaran's appointment.
- Under Nersesian, Keysight achieved 10% revenue CAGR and 18% earnings CAGR since 2014 spinoff.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001601046-22-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KEYS
- cik: 0001601046
- company_name: Keysight Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601046/000160104622000006/0001601046-22-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601046/000160104622000006/keys-20220222.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001601046-22-000006
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001601046-22-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ron Nersesian departed as President, Principal Executive Officer and Chief Executive Officer at Keysight Technologies, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: President, Principal Executive Officer and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Ron Nersesian notified the Keysight Technologies Inc. (the Company”) Board of Directors (the “Board”) of his intent to retire as the President, Principal Executive Officer and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective May 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601046/000160104622000006/0001601046-22-000006-index.htm
- Executive change
  Satish Dhanasekaran was appointed as Class III director at Keysight Technologies, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: the Board resolved to increase the size of the Board from ten (10) directors to eleven (11) directors and appointed Satish Dhanasekaran as a member of the Board, effective May 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601046/000160104622000006/0001601046-22-000006-index.htm
- Executive change
  Satish Dhanasekaran was appointed as President, Principal Executive Officer and Chief Executive Officer at Keysight Technologies, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President, Principal Executive Officer and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board appointed Satish Dhanasekaran, age 49, current Chief Operating Officer of the Company as President, Principal Executive Officer and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective May 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601046/000160104622000006/0001601046-22-000006-index.htm

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