---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628369-26-000126"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CWK"
cik: "0001628369"
company_name: "Cushman & Wakefield Ltd."
filed_at: "2026-09-15T12:00:13+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-15T12:05:31.207340+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cushman & Wakefield CAO resigns effective Sept 25; CFO assumes principal accounting officer role

## Summary
- Laurida Sayed, SVP, CAO & Global Corporate Controller, resigns effective Sept 25, 2026, to pursue new opportunity.
- Resignation unrelated to any disagreement with company or management on operations, policies, or practices.
- Neil Johnston, current CFO & principal financial officer, will serve as principal accounting officer effective same date.
- No additional compensation for Johnston for added principal accounting officer duties.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628369-26-000126
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CWK
- cik: 0001628369
- company_name: Cushman & Wakefield Ltd.
- filed_at: 2026-09-15T12:00:13+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000162836926000126/0001628369-26-000126-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000162836926000126/cwk-20260910.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628369-26-000126
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628369-26-000126.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628369-26-000126.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Neil Johnston was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at Cushman & Wakefield Ltd..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: As of the Effective Date, Neil Johnston will serve as the Company’s principal accounting officer, in addition to his current roles as principal financial officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000162836926000126/0001628369-26-000126-index.htm
- Executive change
  Laurida Sayed resigned as Chief Accounting Officer at Cushman & Wakefield Ltd..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On September 10, 2026, Laurida Sayed, Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Global Corporate Controller, notified Cushman & Wakefield Ltd. (the “Company”) of her decision to resign from her employment with the Company, effective as of September 25, 2026 (“Effective Date”), in order to pursue a new opportunity.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1628369/000162836926000126/0001628369-26-000126-index.htm

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