Company: CI
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001739940-25-000015
Chunk: 21

Company: Cigna Group
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 21
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 Mr. Cordani is a critical thinker and actively invites feedback and encourages the consideration of various points of view to enable alignment of direction, consensus building, and strong risk oversight. For these reasons, the Board continues to believe that Mr. Cordani is best positioned to ensure the alignment and clarity of vision, goals, and expectations between the Board and management to drive the Company to create a better future built on the vitality of every individual and community.

• Another important priority of the Board is talent succession, including CEO succession. Through his combined role, Mr. Cordani ensures that the Board hears directly from The Cigna Group subject matter experts on key strategic and risk-related matters, further enabling the Board to assess the Company’s talent. The Board continues to believe that this leadership structure creates additional opportunity to grow and accelerate the development of the next generation of leaders for the Company and underscores its commitment to this priority. Among both his leadership team and the Board, Mr. Cordani leads by his example in driving the Company’s and Board’s culture, benefiting from his focus on strong governance, compliance, and ethical practices.

| The Cigna Group| 2025 Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement |     | 29 |

| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS |

The role of the Lead Independent Director, performed by Mr. Wiseman, ensures the Board’s independent oversight of management and holds management accountable for creating long-term shareholder value. The Lead Independent Director continues to effectively aid in the independent oversight of management in many ways, including:

• Presiding at meetings of the Board (including meetings of the independent directors) and shareholders in the Chair’s absence, serving as the liaison between the Chair and the independent directors, approving meeting agendas for the Board, and having the authority to call meetings of the Board and independent directors. Mr. Wiseman is an active and thoughtful member of the Board and a vocal participant in the boardroom, often engaging with management to consider different points of view and facilitating robust discussion. Even if not named a standing member of a committee, Mr. Wiseman regularly attends and participates in meetings of all the committees of the Board as if he were a member of such committee.

• Supporting the Board in a number of ways, including supporting the Corporate Governance Committee in considering the form of Board evaluation and playing a significant role in helping to complete the annual evaluation. Mr. Wiseman helps set the Board’s culture by example and is a consensus builder. He is a constructive facilitator who serves as the coordinating point for dialogue