---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-012566"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CECO"
cik: "0000003197"
company_name: "CECO ENVIRONMENTAL CORP"
filed_at: "2022-07-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T17:48:57.948645+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CECO Environmental appoints Robert E. Knowling Jr. to board of directors; two directors retire

## Summary
- Robert E. Knowling appointed to CECO board effective July 11, 2022; board expanded from seven to eight members.
- Knowling brings 30+ years in telecom, tech, industrial; chairs Eagles Landing Partners and serves on Rite-Aid, Citrix, Stride boards.
- Directors Jonathan Pollack and Eric Goldberg retired prior to the June 2022 shareholder meeting after a decade of service.
- Knowling qualifies as independent under Nasdaq rules and will receive standard non-employee director compensation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-012566
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CECO
- cik: 0000003197
- company_name: CECO ENVIRONMENTAL CORP
- filed_at: 2022-07-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3197/000095017022012566/0000950170-22-012566-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3197/000095017022012566/cece-20220711.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-012566
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-012566.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-012566.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert E. Knowling Jr. was appointed as director at CECO ENVIRONMENTAL CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 11, 2022, CECO Environmental Corp. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) from seven to eight directors and appointed Robert E. Knowling, Jr. to serve as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3197/000095017022012566/0000950170-22-012566-index.htm

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