Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. 8-K

What Happened

• Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. announced in an 8-K that Maryjo Charbonnier notified the company on January 2, 2026 of her intent to retire from her role as Chief Human Resources Officer, effective March 31, 2026.
• After stepping down as CHRO, Ms. Charbonnier will remain employed and serve as an Executive Advisor to Kyndryl through August 31, 2026. She has served more than four years as Kyndryl’s CHRO since the company became a public company and nearly twenty years as a public-company chief human resources officer.

Key Details

• Filing date: January 6, 2026 (notice given January 2, 2026).
• CHRO retirement effective date: March 31, 2026.
• Transition role: Executive Advisor from April 1, 2026 through August 31, 2026.
• Tenure: >4 years as Kyndryl CHRO since IPO; ~20 years total as a public-company CHRO.

Why It Matters

• This is an executive-level personnel change in the company’s human-resources leadership. For investors, it signals upcoming leadership transition in HR but does not indicate changes to financial results, earnings, or corporate strategy in the filing. The company has provided an interim transition period (Executive Advisor) to support continuity in HR matters through August 31, 2026.