---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-016747"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CECO"
cik: "0000003197"
company_name: "CECO ENVIRONMENTAL CORP"
filed_at: "2022-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T01:10:24.150201+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CECO appoints Peter Johansson as CFO, replacing Matthew Eckl effectively August 15

## Summary
- Matthew Eckl ceases as CFO August 14, leaves August 20; expected severance per employment agreement.
- Peter Johansson named SVP, Chief Financial and Strategy Officer effective August 15; was a consultant since Oct 2021.
- Johansson's base salary $375K, annual incentive target 60% of base, initial cash bonus $150K, equity awards $450K.
- Johansson previously held senior roles at Accudyne, IDEX, ITT, Trane; holds BS/MS in ME from SMU and CSUF, MBA from UCLA.
- No family relationships with executives; consulting arrangement terminated upon appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-016747
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CECO
- cik: 0000003197
- company_name: CECO ENVIRONMENTAL CORP
- filed_at: 2022-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3197/000095017022016747/0000950170-22-016747-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3197/000095017022016747/cece-20220811.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew Eckl departed as Chief Financial Officer at CECO ENVIRONMENTAL CORP.
  - Action: will cease serving
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Matthew Eckl, its Chief Financial Officer, will cease serving as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective August 14, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3197/000095017022016747/0000950170-22-016747-index.htm
- Executive change
  Peter K. Johansson was appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial and Strategy Officer at CECO ENVIRONMENTAL CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial and Strategy Officer
  source text: Today CECO also announced the appointment of Peter K. Johansson, 58, as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial and Strategy Officer, effective August 15, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3197/000095017022016747/0000950170-22-016747-index.htm

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