Centene Corporation said Chief Financial Officer Drew Asher plans to leave the CFO post on Dec. 31, 2026 and retire from the company at the end of 2027, with Chris Neczypor set to become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on Jan. 1, 2027 after joining the company in September. Asher will stay on through his retirement to support strategic initiatives and the handover. Neczypor joins from Lincoln Financial, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and previously held senior roles in strategy, investments, strategic planning and enterprise transformation after joining that company in 2018. Earlier in his career, he spent more than a decade in investment and financial services roles, including as an equity research analyst at Goldman Sachs and as an investor at institutional asset management firms. Centene Chief Executive Officer Sarah M. London said Neczypor's background in finance, operations and value creation would support the company's next phase of transformation and growth, while Neczypor said he was joining a mission-driven organization. The company also highlighted Asher's role since becoming CFO in 2021, a period in which revenue rose from about $126 billion in 2021 to about $195 billion in 2025. Centene reaffirmed previously issued full-year 2026 adjusted diluted EPS and other guidance, keeping adjusted diluted EPS above $4.80, and said both that outlook and the CFO transition timeline are forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties.