---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001857154-23-000071"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DNUT"
cik: "0001857154"
company_name: "Krispy Kreme, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T01:37:25.613309+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Krispy Kreme appoints Kelly McBride as CAO; Joey Pruitt moves to US CFO role

## Summary
- Kelly P. McBride, 49, appointed Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer) effective May 10, 2023.
- McBride was VP, Global Corporate Controller since June 2022; prior roles include consulting and finance leadership at Snyder's-Lance.
- Joey Pruitt transitions from principal accounting officer to U.S. Chief Financial Officer, same effective date.
- McBride holds CPA certification and Master of Accountancy from University of South Carolina.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001857154-23-000071
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DNUT
- cik: 0001857154
- company_name: Krispy Kreme, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715423000071/0001857154-23-000071-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715423000071/dnut-20230510.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001857154-23-000071.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kelly P. McBride was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at Krispy Kreme, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On May 10, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Krispy Kreme, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Kelly P. McBride, 49, as Chief Accounting Officer, the Company’s principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715423000071/0001857154-23-000071-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joey Pruitt changed role as U.S. Chief Financial Officer at Krispy Kreme, Inc..
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: U.S. Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 10, 2023, the Board approved the transition of Joey Pruitt from the role of the principal accounting officer of the Company to the Company’s U.S. Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715423000071/0001857154-23-000071-index.htm

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