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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-000943"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TELA"
cik: "0001561921"
company_name: "TELA Bio, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-01-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T20:58:38.669326+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TELA Bio appoints Megan Smeykal as Chief Accounting Officer effective Jan 1, 2022

## Summary
- Megan Smeykal, age 46, promoted from VP – Corporate Controller to Chief Accounting Officer.
- She joined TELA Bio in Dec 2019 as VP of Financial Reporting; prior VP at Nutrisystem 2006–2019.
- Started accounting career at Arthur Andersen (1997–2002); holds CPA license in Pennsylvania.
- No family relationships with directors/officers; no transactions requiring disclosure under Item 404(a).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-000943
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TELA
- cik: 0001561921
- company_name: TELA Bio, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-01-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1561921/000110465922000943/0001104659-22-000943-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1561921/000110465922000943/tm2136679d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-000943
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-000943.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-000943.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Megan Smeykal was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at TELA Bio, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Effective January 1, 2022, the Board of Directors of TELA Bio, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Megan Smeykal as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1561921/000110465922000943/0001104659-22-000943-index.htm

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