---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000004904-22-000078"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AEP"
cik: "0000004904"
company_name: "AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T01:38:15.470528+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AEP CFO Julia Sloat named President, CEO-elect; Akins to become Executive Chair

## Summary
- Nicholas Akins resigns as President effective Aug 10, 2022; will step down as CEO Dec 31, 2022, becoming Executive Chair Jan 1, 2023.
- Julia Sloat appointed President and CFO effective Aug 10, 2022; named President and CEO effective Jan 1, 2023.
- Sloat's base salary raised to $850,000 with 90% of salary target under annual incentive plan.
- AEP plans to name a new CFO before Jan 1, 2023.
- Akins led AEP as CEO since 2011; Sloat has been EVP and CFO since January 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000004904-22-000078
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AEP
- cik: 0000004904
- company_name: AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490422000078/0000004904-22-000078-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490422000078/aep-20220805.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-22-000078.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Julia A. Sloat was appointed as President and Chief Financial Officer at AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: on August 5, 2022, the Board appointed Julia A. Sloat, the Company’s current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, to serve as its President and Chief Financial Officer, effective as of August 10, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490422000078/0000004904-22-000078-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nicholas K. Akins was elected as Executive Chair at AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Executive Chair
  source text: effective January 1, 2023, Mr. Akins was elected Executive Chair of the Board of Directors of the Company (“Board”) for a transition period
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490422000078/0000004904-22-000078-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nicholas K. Akins resigned as President at AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President
  source text: On August 5, 2022, Nicholas K. Akins, Chair of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of American Electric Power Company, Inc. (“AEP” or the “Company”), notified the Company that he will resign as President of the Company effective August 10, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490422000078/0000004904-22-000078-index.htm
- Executive change
  Julia A. Sloat was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: and as its President and Chief Executive Officer, effective as of January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490422000078/0000004904-22-000078-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nicholas K. Akins resigned as Chief Executive Officer at AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: effective as of December 31, 2022, he will resign from his position as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490422000078/0000004904-22-000078-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.