---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-030151"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSCO"
cik: "0000858877"
company_name: "CISCO SYSTEMS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-11-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T17:52:04.614892+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cisco CAO Prat Bhatt to retire July 29, 2023; Victoria Wong expected to succeed

## Summary
- Prat Bhatt, SVP and Chief Accounting Officer, will retire effective July 29, 2023.
- M. Victoria Wong, currently VP and Corporate Controller, is expected to succeed Bhatt as CAO.
- Bhatt notified Cisco of his retirement on November 15, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-030151
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSCO
- cik: 0000858877
- company_name: CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-11-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000162828022030151/0001628280-22-030151-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000162828022030151/csco-20221115.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-030151
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-030151.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-030151.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  M. Victoria Wong was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at CISCO SYSTEMS, INC..
  - Action: appoint
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Cisco expects to appoint M. Victoria Wong to succeed Mr. Bhatt.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000162828022030151/0001628280-22-030151-index.htm
- Executive change
  Prat Bhatt departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at CISCO SYSTEMS, INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On November 15, 2022, Prat Bhatt notified Cisco Systems, Inc. (“Cisco”) of his decision to retire as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Cisco, effective July 29, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000162828022030151/0001628280-22-030151-index.htm

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