---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-017385"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QBTS"
cik: "0001907982"
company_name: "D-Wave Quantum Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T04:21:02.970990+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# D-Wave Quantum appoints Ziv Ehrenfeld to board after director resignation

## Summary
- Director Eduard van Gelderen resigned effective April 4, 2023; no disagreement cited.
- Board appointed Ziv Ehrenfeld to fill the remaining term; effective immediately.
- Ehrenfeld not eligible for board compensation; expected to join Compensation Committee.
- Ehrenfeld entered standard D&O indemnification agreement; no reportable related party transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-017385
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QBTS
- cik: 0001907982
- company_name: D-Wave Quantum Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1907982/000114036123017385/0001140361-23-017385-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1907982/000114036123017385/brhc10051223_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-017385
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-017385.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-017385.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ziv Ehrenfeld was appointed as Director at D-Wave Quantum Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: on April 4, 2023, the Board appointed Ziv Ehrenfeld to serve as a director for the remainder of the full term of Mr. van Gelderen, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1907982/000114036123017385/0001140361-23-017385-index.htm
- Executive change
  Eduard van Gelderen resigned as Director at D-Wave Quantum Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 4, 2023, Eduard van Gelderen provided D-Wave Quantum Inc. (the "Company") with a written notice of resignation as a director on the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"), effective as of April 4, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1907982/000114036123017385/0001140361-23-017385-index.htm

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