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

Citizens Financial Group CFO John Woods to leave in August; Brendan Coughlin named President

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

Citizens Financial Group named Brendan Coughlin, previously Vice Chair and head of Consumer, Private Banking and Wealth, to the new role of President, reporting to Chairman and CEO Bruce Van Saun. The bank also said Vice Chair and CFO John Woods will leave in August 2025 to take another opportunity, and it will begin a formal search for his replacement.

Key points

  • Brendan Coughlin promoted to President; his scope now also includes Enterprise Data & Analytics and Marketing
  • John Woods, Vice Chair and CFO, notified the company on April 24, 2025 of his decision to depart
  • Woods is expected to leave in August 2025; the company will start an internal and external search for a successor
  • Filing states the departure is for personal reasons and not due to any disagreement on finances, accounting, operations, policies or practices

The filing

CompanyCitizens Financial (CFG)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 30, 2025, 7:55 AM ET
Accession number0001193125-25-105782

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:10 AM ET, from this filing 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 April 30, 2025.

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