---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000866829-21-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HLX"
cik: "0000866829"
company_name: "HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2021-12-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T02:40:09.780693+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Helix Energy appoints Brent Arriaga as Chief Accounting Officer

## Summary
- Brent Arriaga appointed Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer effective December 8, 2021.
- Arriaga joined Helix in January 2018 as Corporate Controller; prior roles include Weatherford International, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, and KPMG.
- He holds a BBA from UT Austin, MBA from Rice University, and is a CPA and CFA charterholder.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000866829-21-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HLX
- cik: 0000866829
- company_name: HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2021-12-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866829/000086682921000024/0000866829-21-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866829/000086682921000024/hlx-20211209x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000866829-21-000024
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000866829-21-000024.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000866829-21-000024.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brent Arriaga was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller at HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller
  source text: Effective December 8, 2021, Brent Arriaga was appointed Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of Helix and designated as its “principal accounting officer”
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866829/000086682921000024/0000866829-21-000024-index.htm

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