---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001007587-22-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KVHI"
cik: "0001007587"
company_name: "KVH INDUSTRIES INC DE"
filed_at: "2022-03-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T00:36:03.710296+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# KVH Industries CEO Martin Kits van Heyningen retires after 40 years; COO Brent Bruun named interim CEO

## Summary
- Martin Kits van Heyningen, co-founder and President/CEO since 1982/1990, retires; becomes Senior Advisor to Board.
- COO Brent Bruun (56) appointed interim President and CEO; board initiated search for permanent CEO.
- Independent director Cathy-Ann Martine-Dolecki named new Chairman of the Board.
- Separation agreement: Kits van Heyningen receives $44,877/month salary plus $201,613 separation payment; stock options continue vesting with 25% acceleration if service through March 2023.
- Mr. Bruun's compensation unchanged for interim role; he previously served as interim CFO in 2020-2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001007587-22-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KVHI
- cik: 0001007587
- company_name: KVH INDUSTRIES INC DE
- filed_at: 2022-03-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1007587/000100758722000002/0001007587-22-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1007587/000100758722000002/kvhi-20220306.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001007587-22-000002.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Martin Kits van Heyningen resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer at KVH INDUSTRIES INC DE.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: announced that its longstanding President and Chief Executive Officer, Martin Kits van Heyningen, is retiring from his executive and Board roles after more than 40 years at the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1007587/000100758722000002/0001007587-22-000002-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brent C. Bruun was appointed as interim President and Chief Executive Officer at KVH INDUSTRIES INC DE.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Also on March 6, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company named Brent C. Bruun, currently the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, as interim President and Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1007587/000100758722000002/0001007587-22-000002-index.htm

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