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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Otis Worldwide (OTIS)

Otis Worldwide names Cristina Méndez CFO, succeeding Anurag Maheshwari on August 23

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

Otis Worldwide's CFO Anurag Maheshwari is resigning effective August 23, 2024, to pursue external opportunities, and the company has appointed Cristina Méndez, currently Senior Vice President, Finance EMEA & Transformation, as Executive Vice President and CFO effective the same date. The filing says Maheshwari's departure was not the result of any dispute or disagreement, and it provides a transition period through late August; the change puts a new finance chief in charge ahead of the company's July 24 second quarter earnings release.

Key points

  • Anurag Maheshwari resigns as EVP and CFO effective August 23, 2024, to pursue external opportunities
  • Cristina Méndez, 44, appointed EVP and CFO effective August 23, 2024; she has worked at Otis since February 2022
  • Méndez's base salary rises to $770,000 with a 100% annual short-term incentive target
  • Supplemental 2024 long-term incentive award with an aggregate target value of $2,390,000

The filing

CompanyOtis Worldwide (OTIS)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJul 19, 2024, 8:16 AM ET
Accession number0001140361-24-033538

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 July 19, 2024.

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