---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000742112-23-000091"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000742112"
company_name: "INVACARE HOLDINGS Corp"
filed_at: "2023-06-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T17:24:01.283120+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Invacare appoints Kai Zhu as CFO; Kathleen Leneghan to retire Oct 1, 2023

## Summary
- Kathleen P. Leneghan to retire as CFO effective Oct 1, 2023; relinquishes duties June 30.
- Kai Zhu, VP Finance EMEA, appointed SVP and CFO effective July 1, 2023.
- Zhu's base salary $400,000, target bonus 75%, plus relocation benefits and severance.
- Leneghan receives 12-month salary continuation and averaged bonus under employment agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000742112-23-000091
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000742112
- company_name: INVACARE HOLDINGS Corp
- filed_at: 2023-06-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/742112/000074211223000091/0000742112-23-000091-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/742112/000074211223000091/ivc-20230622.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000742112-23-000091
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000742112-23-000091.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000742112-23-000091.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kathleen P. Leneghan retired as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at INVACARE HOLDINGS Corp.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On June 22, 2023, Kathleen P. Leneghan informed Invacare Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) of her retirement from the Company, effective October 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/742112/000074211223000091/0000742112-23-000091-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kai Zhu was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at INVACARE HOLDINGS Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective July 1, 2023, the Company has appointed Kai Zhu, the Company’s Vice President Finance EMEA, to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/742112/000074211223000091/0000742112-23-000091-index.htm

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