---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-024409"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LYB"
cik: "0001489393"
company_name: "LyondellBasell Industries N.V."
filed_at: "2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T15:29:30.965749+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LyondellBasell CAO Emeka Oyolu resigns; Matthew Hayes appointed effective March 24

## Summary
- Chukwuemeka (Emeka) Oyolu resigns as SVP, CAO effective March 24, 2025, to pursue another opportunity.
- Matthew D. Hayes appointed as SVP, CAO effective March 24, 2025; will serve as principal accounting officer.
- Hayes had been VP of FP&A at LyondellBasell since 2004, previously chief internal auditor and accounting director roles.
- Hayes' base salary $400K; eligible for LTI target 70% of salary and STI target 60% of salary.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-024409
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LYB
- cik: 0001489393
- company_name: LyondellBasell Industries N.V.
- filed_at: 2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000110465925024409/0001104659-25-024409-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000110465925024409/tm259466d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-024409.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew D. Hayes was appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer at LyondellBasell Industries N.V..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Effective March 24, 2025, the Company appointed Matthew D. Hayes as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000110465925024409/0001104659-25-024409-index.htm
- Executive change
  Chukwuemeka (Emeka) A. Oyolu resigned as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer at LyondellBasell Industries N.V..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On March 11, 2025, Chukwuemeka (Emeka) A. Oyolu, Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, and principal accounting officer of LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (the “Company”), informed the Company of his intent to resign, effective as of March 24, 2025, to pursue another opportunity.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000110465925024409/0001104659-25-024409-index.htm

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