---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001656472-23-000081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRON"
cik: "0001656472"
company_name: "Cronos Group Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T19:50:51.228579+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cronos Group appoints James McGinness as VP, Controller and principal accounting officer

## Summary
- James McGinness appointed VP, Controller and principal accounting officer effective May 22, 2023.
- Carlos Cortez will cease as principal accounting officer on May 22, 2023 and separate from company on June 16, 2023.
- McGinness previously Acting CFO and VP Corporate Controller at MarketWise; background includes public company finance roles.
- McGinness receives $250k base salary, 30% target annual bonus, and 30% long-term target incentive.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001656472-23-000081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRON
- cik: 0001656472
- company_name: Cronos Group Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1656472/000165647223000081/0001656472-23-000081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1656472/000165647223000081/cron-20230518.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001656472-23-000081.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James McGinness was appointed as Vice President, Controller at Cronos Group Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President, Controller
  source text: On May 18, 2023, Cronos Group Inc. (the “Company”) appointed James McGinness to the position of Vice President, Controller, which includes serving as the Company’s principal accounting officer, effective as of May 22, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1656472/000165647223000081/0001656472-23-000081-index.htm
- Executive change
  Carlos Cortez departed as Vice President, Controller at Cronos Group Inc..
  - Action: cease
  - Role: Vice President, Controller
  source text: On May 18, 2023, the Company determined that Carlos Cortez, the Company’s Vice President, Controller, will no longer serve as the Company’s principal accounting officer as of May 22, 2023 and will separate from the Company, effective as of June 16, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1656472/000165647223000081/0001656472-23-000081-index.htm

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