---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000084748-22-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROG"
cik: "0000084748"
company_name: "ROGERS CORP"
filed_at: "2022-12-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T05:06:00.458873+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rogers Corp appoints Colin Gouveia as President/CEO effective Jan 1, 2023, succeeding retiring Bruce Hoechner

## Summary
- Colin Gouveia appointed President and CEO, effective Jan 1, 2023; also joins Board, increasing board to ten.
- Bruce Hoechner, CEO since 2011, retires Dec 31, 2022; remains Board member and advisor until Mar 31, 2023.
- Gouveia salary $770k, target AICP bonus 100% of salary (max 200%), annual LTI $3.3M (40% time RSU, 60% performance RSU).
- CFO Ram Mayampurath salary raised to $450k, target bonus 70%, annual LTI $1.215M, plus one-time $500k cash and 9,530 RSU.
- Change is internal; Gouveia was SVP/GM of EMS business unit since 2019; brings 30+ years in chemical/materials industries.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000084748-22-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROG
- cik: 0000084748
- company_name: ROGERS CORP
- filed_at: 2022-12-14T23:59:59+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/84748/000008474822000057/0000084748-22-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84748/000008474822000057/rog-20221207.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000084748-22-000057
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000084748-22-000057.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Colin Gouveia was appointed as Director at ROGERS CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Gouveia was also appointed as a director of the Company, effective as of January 1, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84748/000008474822000057/0000084748-22-000057-index.htm
- Executive change
  Colin Gouveia was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at ROGERS CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: appointed Colin Gouveia, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Company’s Elastomeric Material Solutions (EMS) business unit, as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective as of January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84748/000008474822000057/0000084748-22-000057-index.htm
- 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 since 2011, has decided to retire effective December 31, 2022 and will remain as a member of the Board and act in an advisory capacity at the Company until March 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84748/000008474822000057/0000084748-22-000057-index.htm

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