---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001656472-21-000112"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRON"
cik: "0001656472"
company_name: "Cronos Group Inc."
filed_at: "2021-10-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T16:15:00.799846+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dr. Todd Abraham retires as Cronos Group Chief Innovation Officer

## Summary
- Dr. Todd Abraham retired as Chief Innovation Officer, effective October 29, 2021.
- Company is conducting a search for his successor.
- Arye Weigensberg appointed interim Head of Research and Development.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001656472-21-000112
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRON
- cik: 0001656472
- company_name: Cronos Group Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-10-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1656472/000165647221000112/0001656472-21-000112-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1656472/000165647221000112/cron-20211029.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001656472-21-000112
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001656472-21-000112.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001656472-21-000112.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dr. Todd Abraham departed as Chief Innovation Officer at Cronos Group Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Innovation Officer
  source text: On October 29, 2021, Cronos Group Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Dr. Todd Abraham will retire as Chief Innovation Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1656472/000165647221000112/0001656472-21-000112-index.htm
- Executive change
  Arye Weigensberg was appointed as Head of Research and Development at Cronos Group Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Head of Research and Development
  source text: Arye Weigensberg, General Manager at Cronos Research Labs and Vice President of Research and Technology, has assumed the role of Head of Research and Development on an interim basis until a permanent replacement for Dr. Abraham is named.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1656472/000165647221000112/0001656472-21-000112-index.htm

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