---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000004904-23-000032"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AEP"
cik: "0000004904"
company_name: "AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T05:00:03.497128+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AEP names Kate Sturgess CAO/Controller; Buonaiuto retiring June 30

## Summary
- Joseph Buonaiuto retires after 21+ years; effective May 8 as Sr VP Accounting, then June 30.
- Kate Sturgess appointed Sr VP, CAO and Controller effective May 9; base salary $475,000.
- Sturgess target annual incentive 60% of base; LTI $475,000 annually starting 2024.
- Sturgess receives $100,000 cash bonus plus equity awards totaling $650,000 to offset forfeited compensation.
- Sturgess previously VP Controller at Edison International and National Grid USA.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000004904-23-000032
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AEP
- cik: 0000004904
- company_name: AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490423000032/0000004904-23-000032-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490423000032/aep-20230308.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-23-000032
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-23-000032.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-23-000032.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph M. Buonaiuto departed as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
  source text: On March 13, 2023, American Electric Power Company, Inc. (the “Company” or “AEP”) announced that Joseph M. Buonaiuto, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, will retire on June 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490423000032/0000004904-23-000032-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kate Sturgess was elected as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
  source text: On March 8, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors elected Kate Sturgess to serve as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller of the Company, effective May 9, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490423000032/0000004904-23-000032-index.htm

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