---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-068301"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FEAM"
cik: "0001888654"
company_name: "5E Advanced Materials, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-06-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T06:37:11.812936+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Susan Brennan resigns; CFO Paul Weibel appointed CEO; board changes

## Summary
- Susan Brennan resigned as President, CEO, and director effective June 3, 2024.
- Separation agreement includes $1M cash (24 months salary) plus $350K 2024 bonus and other benefits.
- Paul Weibel, previously CFO, appointed CEO and principal executive officer effective June 3.
- Joshua Malm, Interim Chief Accounting Officer, appointed Interim CFO and principal financial officer.
- Director Stephen Hunt resigns June 30; Bryn Jones appointed to board effective July 1, with $50K cash and $200K in DSUs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-068301
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FEAM
- cik: 0001888654
- company_name: 5E Advanced Materials, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-06-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888654/000095017024068301/0000950170-24-068301-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888654/000095017024068301/feam-20240603.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen Hunt resigned as Director at 5E Advanced Materials, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 3, 2024, Stephen Hunt informed the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") of his intention to resign from the Board effective on June 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888654/000095017024068301/0000950170-24-068301-index.htm
- Executive change
  Paul Weibel was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at 5E Advanced Materials, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Also on June 3, 2024, the Board appointed Paul Weibel, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and principal executive officer, effective as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888654/000095017024068301/0000950170-24-068301-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joshua Malm was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at 5E Advanced Materials, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Board also appointed Joshua Malm, the Company’s Interim Chief Accounting Officer, as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, effective as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888654/000095017024068301/0000950170-24-068301-index.htm
- Executive change
  Susan Brennan resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer at 5E Advanced Materials, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On June 3, 2024, Susan Brennan notified 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. (the “Company”) of her resignation as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and as a director of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), effective as of June 3, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888654/000095017024068301/0000950170-24-068301-index.htm
- Executive change
  Bryn Jones was appointed as Director at 5E Advanced Materials, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 3, 2024, the board appointed Bryn Jones to the Board as a director, effective July 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888654/000095017024068301/0000950170-24-068301-index.htm

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