---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-084711"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DUK"
cik: "0001326160"
company_name: "Duke Energy CORP"
filed_at: "2022-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T06:22:15.804121+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Duke Energy appoints Brian Savoy as CFO, Young shifts to Chief Commercial Officer

## Summary
- Steven K. Young transitions from EVP/CFO to EVP & Chief Commercial Officer effective September 1, 2022.
- Brian D. Savoy appointed EVP & CFO effective September 1, 2022; previously EVP, Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer.
- Savoy's annual base salary set at $626,000, with short-term incentive of 90% and long-term incentive of 300% of base.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-084711
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DUK
- cik: 0001326160
- company_name: Duke Energy CORP
- 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
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465922084711/0001104659-22-084711-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465922084711/tm2222198d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-084711
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-084711.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-084711.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brian D. Savoy was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Duke Energy CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Brian D. Savoy has been appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, both effective September 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465922084711/0001104659-22-084711-index.htm
- Executive change
  Steven K. Young was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Duke Energy CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer
  source text: Mr. Steven K. Young, currently serving as the Corporation’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465922084711/0001104659-22-084711-index.htm

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