Overview
- Centene announced Monday that Drew Asher will step down as chief financial officer on December 31, 2026 and will retire from the company at the end of 2027.
- Chris Neczypor will join Centene in September 2026, work alongside Asher, and assume the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer role on January 1, 2027.
- Centene reaffirmed its full-year 2026 adjusted diluted EPS guidance of greater than $4.80 to signal management stability during the transition.
- Asher has been Centene’s CFO since 2021 and the company credited him with helping grow revenue from about $126 billion in 2021 to about $195 billion in 2025.
- Neczypor brings finance and strategy experience from Lincoln Financial and prior investment roles at Goldman Sachs, and investors should watch how he manages capital, cost control and program performance in government-sponsored plans.