---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-072257"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARKO"
cik: "0001823794"
company_name: "ARKO Corp."
filed_at: "2023-12-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T09:19:32.158557+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ARKO appoints Robb Giammatteo as CFO, effective Jan 2, 2024

## Summary
- Giammatteo, 51, brings over 20 years of retail finance experience, most recently CFO & CTO at Giant Eagle.
- Annual base salary of $725,000; employment agreement provides for severance and long-term incentive.
- Outgoing CFO Don Bassell will remain through ~April 2024 to assist transition.
- No family relationships or related-party transactions requiring disclosure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-072257
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARKO
- cik: 0001823794
- company_name: ARKO Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-12-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823794/000095017023072257/0000950170-23-072257-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823794/000095017023072257/arko-20231219.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-072257
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-072257.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-072257.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Don Bassell retired as Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer) at ARKO Corp..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)
  source text: Mr. Bassell’s tenure as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer) will conclude upon the effectiveness of Mr. Giammatteo’s appointment as Chief Financial Officer on January 2, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823794/000095017023072257/0000950170-23-072257-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robb Giammatteo was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer) at ARKO Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)
  source text: appointed Mr. Robb Giammatteo, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer), effective January 2, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823794/000095017023072257/0000950170-23-072257-index.htm

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