---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-109508"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEVO"
cik: "0001392380"
company_name: "Gevo, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T22:30:59.855441+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gevo appoints former bp clean energy leader Angelo Amorelli to Board

## Summary
- Appointment effective October 15, 2023; Amorelli named Class I director with term expiring at 2026 annual meeting.
- Annual cash retainer of $85,000 and equity grant valued at $105,000 for service as non-employee director.
- Amorelli retired from bp after 35 years, leading clean-energy tech including wind, biofuels, and low-carbon power.
- Board determined Amorelli is independent under Nasdaq listing standards.
- He enters into Gevo's standard indemnification agreement upon appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-109508
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEVO
- cik: 0001392380
- company_name: Gevo, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000110465923109508/0001104659-23-109508-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000110465923109508/tm2328187d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-109508.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Angelo Amorelli was appointed as Class I director at Gevo, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: Effective as of October 15, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Gevo, Inc. (“Gevo” or the “Company”) approved the appointment of Angelo Amorelli to the Board as a Class I director
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000110465923109508/0001104659-23-109508-index.htm

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