---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-038460"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NUWE"
cik: "0001506492"
company_name: "Nuwellis, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T01:42:13.221451+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nuwellis CFO Lynn Blake resigns effective Sep 1, 2023; Rob Scott to succeed

## Summary
- Lynn Blake resigns as CFO, last day expected Sep 1, 2023; no disagreement with company.
- Rob Scott, current Senior Finance Director, to be appointed CFO effective Sep 2, 2023.
- Blake will consult through Mar 31, 2024 at $250/hour ($2,500/week max).
- Scott has been at Nuwellis since 2013, led finance integration of 2016 CHF Solutions acquisition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-038460
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NUWE
- cik: 0001506492
- company_name: Nuwellis, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506492/000114036123038460/0001140361-23-038460-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506492/000114036123038460/brhc20057063_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lynn Blake resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Nuwellis, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 4, 2023, Lynn Blake notified Nuwellis, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) of her decision to resign as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506492/000114036123038460/0001140361-23-038460-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rob Scott was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Nuwellis, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Company intends to appoint Rob Scott, the Company’s current Senior Finance Director, as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective September 2, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506492/000114036123038460/0001140361-23-038460-index.htm

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