Five days after becoming Nvidia interim CEO, Colette Kress will face her first NVDA earnings report without Jensen Huang on November 17

Nvidia’s upcoming earnings announcement will put interim CEO Colette Kress in focus just five days after she took over from Jensen Huang. The chipmaker is scheduled to release its third-quarter fiscal 2027 results on November 17. Which will be the first quarterly financial update since Huang resigned after 33 years at the company.

Kress, who has served as Nvidia’s chief financial officer since September 2013, will continue in that position while also leading the company on an interim basis.

The earnings date was announced before the leadership change. Nvidia confirmed on October 28 that it would publish its third-quarter results on November 17, followed by a conference call with financial analysts and institutional investors.

Colette Kress faces Nvidia’s (NVDA) first earnings announcement after Jensen Huang’s resignation

Nvidia’s November 17 results will be the company’s first scheduled quarterly financial announcement since Huang resigned as president, CEO and a member of the board, effective immediately.

The company appointed Kress as interim chief executive following his departure. She joined Nvidia in September 2013 as executive vice president and CFO and has held the position since.

Nvidia has kept its earnings schedule unchanged following the leadership transition. The financial results are expected to become public at approximately 1:20 p.m. Pacific Time. The conference call will follow at 2 p.m. PT, or 5 p.m. Eastern Time.

The call will be webcast live, with prepared remarks followed by a question-and-answer session limited to financial analysts and institutional investors. Nvidia has not confirmed that Kress will personally lead the call in her new capacity as interim CEO.

Nvidia CFO Colette Kress was already scheduled to provide earnings commentary

Kress was due to provide written commentary on Nvidia’s third-quarter performance even before Huang resigned. In its October 28 announcement, the company said her comments would be published on its investor relations website immediately after the financial results became public.

Nvidia begins search for permanent CEO after Jensen Huang’s resignation

Huang’s departure ended his 33-year tenure at the company he co-founded in 1993. Nvidia announced on November 12 that he had resigned as president, CEO and a member of the board, effective immediately.

The board appointed Kress as interim CEO and said it would begin searching for a permanent successor. It will consider both internal and external candidates, meaning the company has yet to announce who will take the position permanently.

Nvidia also appointed Harvey C. Jones as the first-ever chair of its board. Jones praised Kress’s understanding of the company’s business, customers, operations and financial position, and said she had helped lead Nvidia through a period of extraordinary growth.

Kress said she was committed to building on the foundation Huang had created over 33 years.

November 17 earnings put Nvidia’s leadership transition in focus

The upcoming results will give investors an update on Nvidia’s financial performance for the quarter ended October 25.

Kress has been part of Nvidia’s earnings process for more than 13 years as CFO. She now has the additional responsibility of leading the company on an interim basis while continuing to oversee its finances.

The November 17 announcement will be the first scheduled quarterly results release since Huang’s departure. With the search for a permanent CEO still underway, the results will arrive at an important point in Nvidia’s leadership transition.