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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Citizens Financial (CFG)

Citizens Financial Group appoints Claude E. Wade to board; Wendy Watson to retire

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 leadership Written later

Citizens Financial Group named Claude E. Wade, an AIG executive vice president and Chief Digital Officer, as a director effective March 1, 2025, temporarily expanding the board to 14 members. Director Wendy Watson, who has served since 2010 and chairs the Audit Committee, will retire after her term expires at the April 2025 annual shareholder meeting because she reached the mandatory retirement age.

Key points

  • Claude E. Wade joins the board effective March 1, 2025 and will serve on the Risk Committee
  • Wade is executive vice president, Chief Digital Officer and Global Head of Business Operations and Global Head of Claims at AIG; he joined AIG in 2021 after BlackRock
  • Wendy Watson, a director since 2010 and Audit Committee chair, will retire after her term expires at the April 2025 annual meeting

The filing

CompanyCitizens Financial (CFG)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECSep 20, 2024, 7:23 AM ET
Accession number0000759944-24-000167

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:10 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on September 20, 2024.

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