---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000894579-23-000193"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TBCH"
cik: "0001493761"
company_name: "Turtle Beach Corp"
filed_at: "2023-06-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T18:58:37.115643+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Turtle Beach appoints Cris Keirn as Interim CEO effective July 1, 2023

## Summary
- Cris Keirn, SVP Global Sales since 2016, appointed Interim CEO, replacing Juergen Stark who served since 2012.
- Board engaged in comprehensive search for permanent CEO; Keirn remains a candidate for that role.
- Keirn's team delivered nearly $2 billion in cumulative revenue since 2016, per Board Chair Terry Jimenez.
- Keirn will receive $10,000/month deferred stock award during interim service, vesting upon appointment of permanent CEO.
- Keirn's severance benefits enhanced to 12 months base salary continuation upon qualifying termination after Nov 17, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000894579-23-000193
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TBCH
- cik: 0001493761
- company_name: Turtle Beach Corp
- filed_at: 2023-06-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1493761/000089457923000193/0000894579-23-000193-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1493761/000089457923000193/turtlebeach8k06212023.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000894579-23-000193
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000894579-23-000193.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000894579-23-000193.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Cris Keirn was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Turtle Beach Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On June 15, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Turtle Beach Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Cris Keirn, the Company’s Senior Vice-President, Global Sales, to serve as the Company’s Interim Chief Executive Officer and as its principal executive officer, both effective July 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1493761/000089457923000193/0000894579-23-000193-index.htm

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