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Scouting report · CXT

Christina Cristiano

  • SVP & Chief Financial Officer, CXT since 2023-03src

Crane's controller who ran its 2023 split; Crane NXT CFO since March 2023

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Not ranked yet

Scouting sheet

as of 24 Sep 2026
Delivers guidance—no promises on the record yet
Answers the question—no call reviewed yet
Capital allocation—company not reviewed yet
Pay design73revenue, operating income, fcf, relative tsr, time only · 98.3% for · 1.48% of net income
Skin in the game—no holding or price on file
Age
53src
In the role
4 yr
Promises scored
0
Hit rate
—
Dodges / 100 answers
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Airtime on calls
—
Every promise, oldest firstno scored promises yet

What to weigh

Watch 3

  • First CFO role, promoted from controller and chief accounting officer at the separationsrc
  • Her bonus runs on the same corporate scorecard as the CEO's, which for 2025 excluded OpSec Security's results and acquisition corporate costs; adjusted operating profit and adjusted FCF both came in under targetsrc
  • Base salary raised 10.6% for 2025 (to $520,000) while GAAP net income fell to $145.1m from $184.1msrc

In their favour 2

  • Open-market purchase of 3,550 shares in June 2026; no open-market sales in the past twelve monthssrc
  • Hedging and pledging banned; CFO ownership guideline 5x salary, and the proxy says every NEO met it or was holding 50% of net vested sharessrc

Career

  1. 2023-03 – now
    Crane NXT, Co.src
    SVP & Chief Financial Officer
    Also oversees investor relations, IT and global information security per the appointment release
  2. 2019-05 – 2023-03
    Crane Holdings, Co. (predecessor registrant of Crane NXT)src
    VP, Controller & Principal Accounting Officer
    Led the corporate work to separate Crane Holdings into Crane NXT and Crane Company (EX991-2023-02-27)
  3. 2016 – 2019
    Thomson Reuterssrc
    VP, Global Controller (global accounting and statutory reporting)
  4. 2009 – 2016
    Thomson Reuterssrc
    Finance roles of increasing responsibility
    The 10-K dates her Thomson Reuters tenure 2009 to May 2019; the release calls it a decade

Undated in the sources

  • Ernst & Youngsrc, Assurance, then Transaction Advisory Services; rose to Senior Manager

Achievements

  • Led Crane Holdings' corporate effort to split into two listed companies, completed 2023-04-03, then became the spun company's CFOsrc
  • Global Controller of Thomson Reuters from 2016 to 2019 after 14 years at Ernst & Young, ending as a Transaction Advisory Services Senior Managersrc
  • Received special cash bonuses of $150,000 (2023) and $75,000 (2024) for her work on the separationsrc
  • Bought 3,550 Crane NXT shares on the open market on 2026-06-12 at $41.96, about $149ksrc

Education

  • Villanova University, BS Accountingsrc
  • Columbia Business School, MBAsrc

Background

  • Family The 2023 appointment 8-K states no Item 404(a) related-party transactions with her; neither the 2026 proxy nor the FY2025 10-K carries an Item 401(d) family-relationship statementsrc
  • Other Accountant by training and career (Big Four audit and transaction advisory, then group controller roles); Crane NXT is her first CFO seatsrc
  • Other Change-in-control agreement estimated at $2.9m had a qualifying termination occurred on 2025-12-31; ordinary involuntary severance is one year of salarysrc

The promise ledger

No promise on the record yet: the research routine has not scored this company's guidance.

Sources

8
  1. Filing Crane NXT, Co. DEF 14A (accession 0001140361-26-013414) · 2026-04-07
  2. Filing Crane NXT, Co. 10-K for FY2025, Information about our Executive Officers and signatures (0000025445-26-000009) · 2026-02-26
  3. Filing Crane NXT, Co. 8-K Item 5.07, 2026 annual meeting results (0000025445-26-000023) · 2026-05-28
  4. Filing Crane Holdings, Co. 8-K Item 5.02, appointment of Christina Cristiano as CFO of the Crane NXT organization (0001193125-23-051003) · 2023-02-27
  5. Filing Crane Holdings, Co. press release 'Crane Holdings, Co. Names Christina Cristiano CFO of Crane NXT', Exhibit 99.1 to the 2023-02-27 8-K · 2023-02-27
  6. Filing SEC XBRL companyconcept us-gaap/NetIncomeLoss, CIK 25445 (FY2025 10-K, 0000025445-26-000009) · 2026-02-26
  7. Filing Form 4, Christina Cristiano, open-market purchase of 2026-06-12 (0001781353-26-000004) · 2026-06-16
  8. Filing Form 4, Christina Cristiano, RSU vesting and tax withholding of 2026-04-20 (0001781353-26-000002) · 2026-04-22