---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-047877"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NRGV"
cik: "0001828536"
company_name: "Energy Vault Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-04-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T06:16:50.069006+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Energy Vault CFO departs; David Hitchcock appointed interim CFO effective April 18

## Summary
- Andrea Wuttke separated as CFO effective April 15, 2022; advisory role through May 15, 2022.
- David Hitchcock (age 61) named interim CFO; previously EVP & CFO of Syniverse Technologies and SVP at Lucent Bell Labs.
- Hitchcock receives $375k base salary, up to 100% annual bonus target, and proposed RSU award of 375,000 shares vesting over 3 years.
- Transition agreement provides Wuttke $142,500 paid over six months, continued vesting, and COBRA reimbursement through Jan 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-047877
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NRGV
- cik: 0001828536
- company_name: Energy Vault Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-04-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000110465922047877/0001104659-22-047877-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000110465922047877/tm2213145d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Hitchcock was appointed as interim Chief Financial Officer at Energy Vault Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: it had appointed David Hitchcock as its interim Chief Financial Officer, effective April 18, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000110465922047877/0001104659-22-047877-index.htm
- Executive change
  Andrea Wuttke departed as Chief Financial Officer at Energy Vault Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: separated
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: it was separating from Andrea Wuttke, its Chief Financial Officer, effective as of April 15, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000110465922047877/0001104659-22-047877-index.htm

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