---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001079973-22-000747"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RIOT"
cik: "0001167419"
company_name: "Riot Platforms, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-06-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T04:13:09.271150+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Riot Blockchain CFO Jeff McGonegal to retire Aug 15; Colin Yee named successor

## Summary
- CFO Jeff McGonegal to retire effective Aug 15, 2022; will serve as Senior Advisor through Feb 2023.
- Colin Yee, current Head of Corporate & Financial Operations, appointed CFO as of Aug 15, 2022.
- Ryan Werner promoted from VP Finance to SVP and Chief Accounting Officer.
- Yee previously CFO of private equity and public real estate firms; holds CPA and BSc from U of Calgary.
- McGonegal had 20-year tenure, including prior CFO and CEO roles; transition is orderly succession.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001079973-22-000747
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RIOT
- cik: 0001167419
- company_name: Riot Platforms, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-06-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997322000747/0001079973-22-000747-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997322000747/riot_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-22-000747
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-22-000747.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-22-000747.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Colin Yee was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Riot Platforms, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Upon Mr. McGonegal’s retirement, Colin Yee, will succeed Mr. McGonegal as CFO.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997322000747/0001079973-22-000747-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey G. McGonegal departed as Chief Financial Officer at Riot Platforms, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On June 1, 2022, Jeffrey G. McGonegal, age 71, the Chief Financial Officer (the “CFO”) of Riot Blockchain, Inc. (“Riot,” “us,” “we,” “our,” or the “Company”) notified the Company of his intent to retire from his position as the Company’s long-standing CFO, to take effect as of August 15, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997322000747/0001079973-22-000747-index.htm

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