---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-084707"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CENX"
cik: "0000949157"
company_name: "CENTURY ALUMINUM CO"
filed_at: "2022-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T06:46:02.896696+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Century Aluminum hires Gerald Bialek as CFO, effective August 22, 2022

## Summary
- Gerald Bialek appointed EVP and CFO, reporting to CEO; start date August 22, 2022.
- Previously CFO at Cooper Tire & Rubber; 25 years at Ford, Amcor, Johnson Controls.
- Base salary $455,000; 2022 bonus target 65% of base; LTIP target 130% of base.
- One-time PSU award of $71,239, vesting August 22, 2025; relocation assistance $50,000.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-084707
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CENX
- cik: 0000949157
- company_name: CENTURY ALUMINUM CO
- filed_at: 2022-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/949157/000110465922084707/0001104659-22-084707-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949157/000110465922084707/tm2222261d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-084707
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-084707.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-084707.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gerald "Jerry" Bialek was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at CENTURY ALUMINUM CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 1, 2022, Century Aluminum Company (the “Company”) announced the hiring of Gerald “Jerry” Bialek as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949157/000110465922084707/0001104659-22-084707-index.htm

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