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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · MSCI (MSCI)

MSCI names CFO Andrew Wiechmann interim principal accounting officer effective Aug 10

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

MSCI's board appointed Chief Financial Officer Andrew C. Wiechmann as interim principal accounting officer, effective August 10, 2026, following the previously disclosed departure of its Global Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Kristine Johnson was named interim Global Controller on the same date, reporting to Wiechmann. The filing describes these as interim arrangements until a successor is designated, and no new compensation arrangements were entered into for Wiechmann in this role.

Key points

  • Andrew C. Wiechmann, CFO, becomes interim principal accounting officer effective August 10, 2026, while remaining CFO and principal financial officer
  • Kristine Johnson appointed interim Global Controller effective August 10, 2026, reporting to Wiechmann
  • Johnson has been Commercial Controller and Head of Revenue Operations since April 2025; previously Head of External Reporting from August 2022 to April 2025
  • No new compensatory arrangements for Wiechmann tied to the interim role

The filing

CompanyMSCI (MSCI)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECAug 7, 2026, 4:02 PM ET
Accession number0001408198-26-000049

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, 1:30 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 August 07, 2026.

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