---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-054817"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOOK"
cik: "0001760542"
company_name: "HOOKIPA Pharma Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T02:08:52.515281+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HOOKIPA promotes Christine D. Baker to COO; base salary raised to $450,000

## Summary
- Baker, previously Chief Business Officer since Aug 2019, becomes COO effective May 1, 2022.
- Base salary increased to $450,000; target annual incentive set at 40% of base salary.
- She will continue to drive strategic collaborations and US operations growth.
- CEO Joern Aldag cites her role in securing major pharma partnerships for the arenavirus platform.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-054817
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOOK
- cik: 0001760542
- company_name: HOOKIPA Pharma Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760542/000110465922054817/0001104659-22-054817-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760542/000110465922054817/tm2214244d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-054817
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-054817.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-054817.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christine D. Baker was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at HOOKIPA Pharma Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On May 1, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of HOOKIPA Pharma Inc. (the Company”) appointed Christine D. Baker as Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1760542/000110465922054817/0001104659-22-054817-index.htm

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