---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001603923-25-000082"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WFRD"
cik: "0001603923"
company_name: "Weatherford International plc"
filed_at: "2025-04-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T09:19:06.677016+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Weatherford appoints Anuj Dhruv as CFO effective April 21, 2025

## Summary
- Anuj Dhruv named EVP & CFO effective April 21; previously VP Finance & Strategy at LyondellBasell.
- Compensation: $570K base salary, 90% STI target, $1.767M LTI grant (70% PSUs/30% RSUs), plus $1M sign-on RSUs.
- Former CFO Arunava Mitra departed April 21; departure not related to any accounting dispute; receives standard severance benefits.
- Dhruv brings experience from LyondellBasell, Schlumberger, and Microsoft; no familial relationships or conflicts disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001603923-25-000082
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WFRD
- cik: 0001603923
- company_name: Weatherford International plc
- filed_at: 2025-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603923/000160392325000082/0001603923-25-000082-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603923/000160392325000082/wft-20250421.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001603923-25-000082
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001603923-25-000082.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001603923-25-000082.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anuj Dhruv was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Weatherford International plc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On April 22, 2025, Weatherford International plc (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Anuj Dhruv, 43, to serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective April 21, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603923/000160392325000082/0001603923-25-000082-index.htm
- Executive change
  Arunava Mitra departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Weatherford International plc.
  - Action: left
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: In conjunction with the appointment of Mr. Dhruv, Arunava Mitra has left Weatherford effective April 21, 2025 and has ceased to serve as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603923/000160392325000082/0001603923-25-000082-index.htm

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