---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-043827"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPIR"
cik: "0001816017"
company_name: "Spire Global, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T06:49:59.117022+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spire appoints Alison Engel as CFO effective April 1; securities lawsuit dismissed without prejudice

## Summary
- Engel appointed CFO effective April 1, 2025, replacing interim CFO Thomas Krywe who remains executive advisor through April.
- Compensation: $390K base salary, 80% target bonus, and 150,000 RSUs vesting over 4 years with quarterly vesting.
- Securities lawsuit (In re Spire Global, Inc. Securities Litigation) dismissed without prejudice on March 14, 2025; plaintiff has 30 days to amend.
- Engel previously CFO of Gannet (USA TODAY) and DallasNews Corp, bringing public company and financial leadership experience.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-043827
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPIR
- cik: 0001816017
- company_name: Spire Global, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816017/000095017025043827/0000950170-25-043827-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816017/000095017025043827/spir-20250318.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-043827
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-043827.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: c4bce70901
  claim: Thomas Krywe was removed as interim Chief Financial Officer at Spire Global, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: On March 18, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Spire Global, Inc. (the “Company”) approved, effective on April 1, 2025, (i) the removal of Mr. Krywe as interim Chief Financial Officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer of the Company and (ii) the appointment of Alison Engel as Chief Financial Officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816017/000095017025043827/0000950170-25-043827-index.htm
- claim_id: dd9d576bf3
  claim: Alison Engel was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Spire Global, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: On March 18, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Spire Global, Inc. (the “Company”) approved, effective on April 1, 2025, (i) the removal of Mr. Krywe as interim Chief Financial Officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer of the Company and (ii) the appointment of Alison Engel as Chief Financial Officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816017/000095017025043827/0000950170-25-043827-index.htm

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