---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-058149"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSPR"
cik: "0001802450"
company_name: "MSP Recovery, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T00:48:28.351584+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSP Recovery appoints Francisco Rivas-Vásquez as CFO; annual meeting re-elects directors

## Summary
- Francisco Rivas-Vásquez appointed CFO effective Nov 1, 2023; replaces interim CFO Ricardo Rivera who remains COO.
- Rivas-Vásquez was previously Managing Director at BDO LLP, and prior roles at KPMG and Ernst & Young.
- Compensation: $400k base salary, $25k signing bonus, eligible for up to 20% annual bonus.
- Stockholders re-elected Roger Meltzer and Beatriz Assapimonwait as Class I directors with overwhelming majority.
- Ratified appointment of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for 2023 fiscal year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-058149
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSPR
- cik: 0001802450
- company_name: MSP Recovery, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802450/000095017023058149/0000950170-23-058149-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802450/000095017023058149/lifw-20231101.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ricardo Rivera changed role as Interim Chief Financial Officer at MSP Recovery, Inc..
  - Action: will no longer serve as
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Ricardo Rivera will no longer serve as the Company’s interim CFO, although Mr. Rivera will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802450/000095017023058149/0000950170-23-058149-index.htm
- Executive change
  Francisco Rivas-Vásquez was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at MSP Recovery, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On November 1, 2023, MSP Recovery, Inc. d/b/a LifeWallet’s (the “Company” or “LifeWallet”) Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Francisco Rivas-Vásquez, C.P.A., as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and principal financial officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802450/000095017023058149/0000950170-23-058149-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MSP Recovery, Inc. shareholders approved Re-elect the two Class I directors of the Company as Class I directors, each for a term of three years or until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal at the 2023-11-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-01
  source text: (i) To re-elect the two Class I directors of the Company as Class I directors, each for a term of three years or until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal: For Against Abstain Roger Meltzer 3,027,747,480 0 298,330 Beatriz Assapimonwait 3,027,862,909 0 182,901
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802450/000095017023058149/0000950170-23-058149-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MSP Recovery, Inc. shareholders approved To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the 2023 fiscal year at the 2023-11-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-01
  source text: (ii) To ratify the appointment of Deloitte as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the 2023 fiscal year: For Against Abstain 3,039,212,393 801,430 280,165
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802450/000095017023058149/0000950170-23-058149-index.htm

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