---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001606498-25-000064"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVNS"
cik: "0001606498"
company_name: "AVANOS MEDICAL, INC."
filed_at: "2025-04-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T10:59:59.457910+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avanos CFO transition: Greiner departs, Pickett named Interim CFO

## Summary
- Michael Greiner leaves Avanos effective April 18, 2025; receives $2.1M severance, prorated 2025 bonus, and 6 months COBRA.
- Warren Machan ends role as Interim CFO April 14; will consult at $60K/month through April 30, forfeiting $45K second bonus.
- Jason Pickett, formerly VP Tax and Treasurer, appointed Interim CFO and Treasurer as of April 14.
- Greiner's special equity awards (44,189 + 10,000 RSUs) vest immediately; all other unvested awards cancelled.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001606498-25-000064
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVNS
- cik: 0001606498
- company_name: AVANOS MEDICAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-04-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649825000064/0001606498-25-000064-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649825000064/avns-20250414.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606498-25-000064.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Warren J. Machan departed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at AVANOS MEDICAL, INC..
  - Action: no longer serves
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Machan no longer serves as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer effective April 14, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649825000064/0001606498-25-000064-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jason M. Pickett was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at AVANOS MEDICAL, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: The Company has appointed Jason M. Pickett as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective April 14, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649825000064/0001606498-25-000064-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael C. Greiner departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at AVANOS MEDICAL, INC..
  - Action: leave
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On April 18, 2025, Michael C. Greiner announced that he will leave Avanos Medical, Inc. (the “Company”) to pursue other opportunities because the Company did not offer him a position comparable to the one he held prior to his role as the Company’s Interim Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606498/000160649825000064/0001606498-25-000064-index.htm

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