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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001625278-22-000110"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NRDS"
cik: "0001625278"
company_name: "NERDWALLET, INC."
filed_at: "2022-07-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T15:56:50.903807+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NerdWallet CMO Kelly Gillease to step down on Oct 1, 2022; consulting role planned

## Summary
- Kelly Gillease steps down as CMO effective Oct 1, 2022; she will serve as a consultant to assist transition.
- Brand Marketing, Communications, and Organic Marketing will report directly to CEO Tim Chen post-departure.
- CRM and Performance Marketing will be split between CPO John Caine and CBO Kevin Yuann.
- CEO Tim Chen praised Gillease’s leadership and stated marketing remains a critical business driver.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001625278-22-000110
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NRDS
- cik: 0001625278
- company_name: NERDWALLET, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-07-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1625278/000162527822000110/0001625278-22-000110-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1625278/000162527822000110/nrds-20220707.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001625278-22-000110
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001625278-22-000110.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001625278-22-000110.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kelly Gillease departed as Chief Marketing Officer at NERDWALLET, INC..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Marketing Officer
  source text: On July 7, 2022, Kelly Gillease, the Company’s Chief Marketing Officer, informed the Company that she intends to step down from her position as Chief Marketing Officer on October 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1625278/000162527822000110/0001625278-22-000110-index.htm

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