---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-054194"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COP"
cik: "0001163165"
company_name: "CONOCOPHILLIPS"
filed_at: "2022-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T01:55:33.326867+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ConocoPhillips appoints Harper as EVP Lower 48; Leach becomes advisor to CEO

## Summary
- Timothy Leach transitions from EVP Lower 48 to Advisor to CEO effective May 1, 2022; remains on board.
- Jack Harper promoted from President, Permian to EVP Lower 48, joining executive leadership team.
- Leach's new package: $700,008 annual salary, continued eligibility for VCIP, PSP, and Executive RSU.
- Non-compete agreement: $3M paid in two $1.5M installments (May 2023, 2024); 2-year non-solicitation and indefinite confidentiality.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-054194
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COP
- cik: 0001163165
- company_name: CONOCOPHILLIPS
- filed_at: 2022-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1163165/000110465922054194/0001104659-22-054194-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1163165/000110465922054194/tm2213970d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-054194
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-054194.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-054194.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Timothy A. Leach changed role as Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer at CONOCOPHILLIPS.
  - Action: moved into the role
  - Role: Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Timothy A. Leach has moved into the role of Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1163165/000110465922054194/0001104659-22-054194-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jack Harper was appointed as Executive Vice President, Lower 48 at CONOCOPHILLIPS.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Lower 48
  source text: Jack Harper, currently President, Permian, has been appointed Executive Vice President, Lower 48, effective May 1, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1163165/000110465922054194/0001104659-22-054194-index.htm

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