---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-023424"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EE"
cik: "0001888447"
company_name: "Excelerate Energy, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T02:12:56.325773+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Excelerate Energy COO Calvin Bancroft to retire; David Liner named successor effective Jan 1, 2023

## Summary
- Calvin Bancroft resigns as EVP/COO effective Dec 31, 2022; becomes Senior Advisor through Sept 30, 2023
- David Liner, VP of Operations, promoted to EVP/COO effective Jan 1, 2023
- Bancroft receives $60K retention award, $175K deferred comp payment, $150K transition bonus, plus subsidized COBRA through Sept 2024
- Liner has 25+ years maritime experience; previously at SeaRiver Maritime and ExxonMobil

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-023424
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EE
- cik: 0001888447
- company_name: Excelerate Energy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888447/000095017022023424/0000950170-22-023424-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888447/000095017022023424/ee-20221108.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-023424.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Liner was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Excelerate Energy, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: David Liner, Vice President of Operations and Maintenance, will become Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company effective January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888447/000095017022023424/0000950170-22-023424-index.htm
- Executive change
  Calvin A. Bancroft resigned as Senior Advisor at Excelerate Energy, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Senior Advisor
  source text: Calvin A. Bancroft, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, will resign from his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company effective as of the close of business on December 31, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888447/000095017022023424/0000950170-22-023424-index.htm

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