---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000084748-22-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROG"
cik: "0000084748"
company_name: "ROGERS CORP"
filed_at: "2022-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T17:05:34.590847+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Bruce Hoechner to retire Dec 31; Colin Gouveia named successor

## Summary
- Bruce Hoechner to retire as President and CEO effective Dec 31, 2022; remains Board member and advisor through Mar 31, 2023.
- Colin Gouveia, SVP and GM of EMS since 2019, appointed CEO; brings 30+ years in specialty chemical and materials industries.
- Pete Williams (SVP Global Ops) and Jonathan Rowntree (SVP GM AES) depart company effective Nov 18, 2022.
- Board cites long-term succession planning; Gouveia led EMS transformation focusing on EV and ADAS markets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000084748-22-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROG
- cik: 0000084748
- company_name: ROGERS CORP
- filed_at: 2022-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84748/000008474822000048/0000084748-22-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84748/000008474822000048/rog-20221117.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000084748-22-000048
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000084748-22-000048.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000084748-22-000048.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bruce Hoechner retired as President and Chief Executive Officer at ROGERS CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Bruce Hoechner, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, has decided to retire, effective December 31, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84748/000008474822000048/0000084748-22-000048-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jonathan Rowntree departed as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Company’s Advanced Electronics Solutions (AES) business unit at ROGERS CORP.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Company’s Advanced Electronics Solutions (AES) business unit
  source text: Effective November 18, 2022, Pete Williams, Senior Vice President of Global Operations, and Jonathan Rowntree, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Company’s Advanced Electronics Solutions (AES) business unit, will depart from the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84748/000008474822000048/0000084748-22-000048-index.htm
- Executive change
  Pete Williams departed as Senior Vice President of Global Operations at ROGERS CORP.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Senior Vice President of Global Operations
  source text: Effective November 18, 2022, Pete Williams, Senior Vice President of Global Operations, and Jonathan Rowntree, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Company’s Advanced Electronics Solutions (AES) business unit, will depart from the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84748/000008474822000048/0000084748-22-000048-index.htm

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