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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-004112"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMTK"
cik: "0001817760"
company_name: "SmartKem, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:12:01.345893+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SmartKem Chief Scientist Beverley Brown retires effective Jan 12, 2026

## Summary
- Beverley Brown, Chief Scientist of SmartKem, notified her intention to retire effective January 12, 2026.
- No replacement or interim chief scientist has been announced in the filing.
- The retirement was disclosed on January 9, 2026, and reported on January 15, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-004112
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMTK
- cik: 0001817760
- company_name: SmartKem, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-15T23:59:59+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/1817760/000110465926004112/0001104659-26-004112-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000110465926004112/tm263321d1_8k.htm

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