Pfizer CFO Dave Denton to step down, leave company in August

Pfizer said on Thursday that finance chief Dave Denton will step down and leave the company on August 15 to take a role in the consumer goods industry.

The U.S. drugmaker named Cecile Guegan, senior vice president of finance for its global biopharmaceutical business, as interim CFO, effective August 16.

Pfizer said it will conduct an internal and external search for a permanent successor. Denton and Guegan will work together on the transition, the company said.

(Reporting by Padmanabhan Ananthan in Bengaluru; Editing by Vijay Kishore)

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This story was originally published June 18, 2026 at 6:53 AM.