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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001744489-26-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DIS"
cik: "0001744489"
company_name: "Walt Disney Co"
filed_at: "2026-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T00:50:57.024594+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Disney CCO Kristina Schake to depart March 19, 2026 amid CEO transition

## Summary
- Kristina Schake terminated without cause as SEVP and CCO effective March 19, 2026.
- Departure coincides with end of Bob Iger's tenure as CEO; no successor named.
- Schake joined Disney in 2022 and advised on proxy fights, streaming profitability, and Iger's return.
- She will receive separation benefits per her previously disclosed employment agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001744489-26-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DIS
- cik: 0001744489
- company_name: Walt Disney Co
- filed_at: 2026-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1744489/000174448926000025/0001744489-26-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1744489/000174448926000025/dis-20260220.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001744489-26-000025.txt

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