---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001637459-22-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KHC"
cik: "0001637459"
company_name: "Kraft Heinz Co"
filed_at: "2022-01-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T16:31:52.918686+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kraft Heinz CFO Paulo Basilio to step down; Andre Maciel named successor

## Summary
- Paulo Basilio steps down as Global CFO effective March 1, 2022, remains as strategic advisor through August 2022.
- Andre Maciel, current SVP U.S. CFO and Head of Digital Transformation, becomes EVP and Global CFO on March 2, 2022.
- Yang Xu named SVP Global Head of Corporate Development, reporting to CEO.
- Maciel receives base salary of $650,000, bonus target of 175% of salary, and initial equity award of $2 million.
- Basilio cited as key in executing M&A, debt reduction, and returning to organic sales growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001637459-22-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KHC
- cik: 0001637459
- company_name: Kraft Heinz Co
- filed_at: 2022-01-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637459/000163745922000002/0001637459-22-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637459/000163745922000002/khc-20220119.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001637459-22-000002.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Paulo Basilio departed as Executive Vice President and Global Chief Financial Officer at Kraft Heinz Co.
  - Action: stepping down
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Global Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Kraft Heinz Company (the “Company”) announced that Paulo Basilio, Executive Vice President and Global Chief Financial Officer, will be stepping down from his role effective March 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637459/000163745922000002/0001637459-22-000002-index.htm
- Executive change
  Andre Maciel was appointed as Executive Vice President and Global Chief Financial Officer at Kraft Heinz Co.
  - Action: succeed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Global Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Andre Maciel, age 47, the Company’s Senior Vice President, U.S. Chief Financial Officer, and Head of Digital Transformation, will succeed Mr. Basilio as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Global Chief Financial Officer effective March 2, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637459/000163745922000002/0001637459-22-000002-index.htm

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