---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-22-002110"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "THO"
cik: "0000730263"
company_name: "THOR INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T17:49:35.676367+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# THOR Industries Chief Innovation Officer Departs; McKay Featherstone Hired as SVP Global Innovation

## Summary
- Josef Hjelmaker to depart as Chief Innovation Officer effective April 29, 2022; receives $316,667 severance and vesting of 3,318 shares.
- McKay Featherstone, Airstream VP of Product Development and Engineering, hired as SVP Global Innovation effective May 1, 2022.
- Hjelmaker will provide continuous advice for seamless transition; Featherstone to lead next phase of eMobility industrialization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-22-002110
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: THO
- cik: 0000730263
- company_name: THOR INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730263/000117184322002110/0001171843-22-002110-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730263/000117184322002110/f8k_032522.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-002110
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-002110.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-002110.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Josef Hjelmaker departed as Chief Innovation Officer at THOR INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Chief Innovation Officer
  source text: On March 25, 2022, THOR Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the departure, effective April 29, 2022, of Josef Hjelmaker, who has served as the company’s Chief Innovation Officer since September of 2020.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730263/000117184322002110/0001171843-22-002110-index.htm

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