---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-134745"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BWXT"
cik: "0001486957"
company_name: "BWX Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-11-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T12:02:06.519303+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BWXT names Robb LeMasters as CFO; David Black to retire after 30 years

## Summary
- Current CFO David Black to retire effective April 1, 2022; will serve as special advisor through retirement.
- Robb LeMasters appointed SVP and CFO effective Nov 15, 2021; previously Chief Strategy Officer and board member.
- Black receives $600K cash retention bonus; LeMasters gets $500K base salary, 70% target annual incentive.
- Transition part of normal succession planning; Black leaves after 30 years with BWXT.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-134745
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BWXT
- cik: 0001486957
- company_name: BWX Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-11-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1486957/000110465921134745/0001104659-21-134745-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1486957/000110465921134745/tm2132009d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-134745.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robb A. LeMasters was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at BWX Technologies, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On November 4, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board”) unanimously appointed Robb A. LeMasters, 44, to succeed Mr. Black as the Company’s Senior Vice President and CFO, effective November 15, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1486957/000110465921134745/0001104659-21-134745-index.htm
- Executive change
  David S. Black departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at BWX Technologies, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On November 4, 2021, David S. Black, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of BWX Technologies, Inc. (“BWXT” or the “Company”), provided notice of his decision to retire from the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1486957/000110465921134745/0001104659-21-134745-index.htm

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