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UnitedHealth CFO Resigns Amid Major Management Shake-Up

10/24/2025

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UnitedHealth Group's Optum unit CFO Roger Connor has resigned after less than six months, as part of a broader management shake-up during the company's recovery.
Ben Eklo, a long-serving finance executive, will become CFO on November 1.
Connor is leaving to return to the United Kingdom.
This departure follows UnitedHealth's first earnings miss in over a decade and the abrupt resignation of CEO Andrew Witty in May.

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UnitedHealth Group's Optum unit CFO Roger Connor has resigned after less than six months, as part of a broader management shake-up during the company's recovery.
Ben Eklo, a long-serving finance executive, will become CFO on November 1.
Connor is leaving to return to the United Kingdom.
This departure follows UnitedHealth's first earnings miss in over a decade and the abrupt resignation of CEO Andrew Witty in May.