---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-114765"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMWL"
cik: "0001393584"
company_name: "American Well Corp"
filed_at: "2024-10-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T14:30:16.610439+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Amwell CFO Robert Shepardson resigns; Mark Hirschhorn appointed CFO effective Oct 21

## Summary
- Shepardson resigns effective Oct 18, 2024; no disagreement with company operations.
- Hirschhorn, former CEO of TapestryHealth and Teladoc CFO/COO, becomes CFO Oct 21.
- Hirschhorn receives base salary $485,000, target bonus 100%, and $500,000 signing bonus.
- RSU grant of $2.5M (25% vests at grant, 75% over 3 years) plus additional LTI up to $5M.
- Hirschhorn to oversee financial operations and capital allocation; company cites path to profitability.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-114765
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMWL
- cik: 0001393584
- company_name: American Well Corp
- filed_at: 2024-10-15T23:59:59+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/1393584/000095017024114765/0000950170-24-114765-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1393584/000095017024114765/amwl-20241011.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-114765.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert Shepardson resigned as Chief Financial Officer at American Well Corp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Robert Shepardson informed American Well Corporation (the “Company”) of his intention to resign as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective October 18, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1393584/000095017024114765/0000950170-24-114765-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark Hirschhorn was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at American Well Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) appointed Mark Hirschhorn to serve as the Company’s CFO, effective October 21, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1393584/000095017024114765/0000950170-24-114765-index.htm

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