---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001178913-24-001978"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SEDG"
cik: "0001419612"
company_name: "SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-06-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T05:16:13.534756+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SolarEdge CFO Ronen Faier to retire; Ariel Porat hired as SVP Finance, expected successor

## Summary
- Ronen Faier notified Board of retirement; will remain up to ~3 months as CFO to assist transition.
- Ariel Porat appointed SVP Finance, expected to become CFO after Board approval; joins from Siemens Energy.
- Porat compensation: monthly salary 155,000 NIS, target bonus 80% of salary, $1.4M RSUs vesting over 4 years.
- Porat previously Head of Europe Region at Siemens Energy, CEO and CFO of Siemens Israel.
- Faier served as CFO since December 2010, led company through IPO and public listing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001178913-24-001978
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SEDG
- cik: 0001419612
- company_name: SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-06-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419612/000117891324001978/0001178913-24-001978-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419612/000117891324001978/zk2431578.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001178913-24-001978.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ariel Porat was appointed as Senior Vice President, Finance at SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Finance
  source text: On June 7, 2024, the Board appointed Mr. Ariel Porat as Senior Vice President, Finance of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419612/000117891324001978/0001178913-24-001978-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ronen Faier departed as Chief Financial Officer at SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC..
  - Action: intends to retire
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On June 5, 2024, Mr. Ronen Faier notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) of his intention to retire as Chief Financial Officer of SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) on a date to be agreed on between Mr. Faier and the Board following an approximately three-month transition period.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419612/000117891324001978/0001178913-24-001978-index.htm

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