---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-076475"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GRMN"
cik: "0001121788"
company_name: "GARMIN LTD"
filed_at: "2024-06-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T02:23:13.894971+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Garmin appoints Patrick Desbois and Brad Trenkle as co-COOs effective July 1, 2024

## Summary
- Desbois to oversee aviation, auto OEM, supply chain, IT, HR; Trenkle to oversee consumer segments, engineering, global sales/marketing.
- Both co-COOs report to CEO Cliff Pemble, who will focus on long-term growth, business development, finance, and legal.
- Desbois joined Garmin in 2011, promoted to EVP Operations in 2017; base salary $875,000.
- Trenkle joined as software engineer in 2002, became VP Outdoor Segment in 2017; base salary $550,000.
- No family relationships or material transactions with the company disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-076475
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GRMN
- cik: 0001121788
- company_name: GARMIN LTD
- filed_at: 2024-06-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1121788/000095017024076475/0000950170-24-076475-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1121788/000095017024076475/grmn-20240624.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-076475
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-076475.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bradley C. Trenkle was appointed as co-Chief Operating Officer at GARMIN LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: co-Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On June 24, 2024, Garmin Ltd. (the “Company” or “Garmin”) announced that Patrick G. Desbois, age 56, and Bradley C. Trenkle, age 44, have been appointed as co-Chief Operating Officers of the Company, effective July 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1121788/000095017024076475/0000950170-24-076475-index.htm
- Executive change
  Patrick G. Desbois was appointed as co-Chief Operating Officer at GARMIN LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: co-Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On June 24, 2024, Garmin Ltd. (the “Company” or “Garmin”) announced that Patrick G. Desbois, age 56, and Bradley C. Trenkle, age 44, have been appointed as co-Chief Operating Officers of the Company, effective July 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1121788/000095017024076475/0000950170-24-076475-index.htm

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