---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-331178"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPIR"
cik: "0001816017"
company_name: "Spire Global, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-11-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T07:52:36.316094+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spire Global appoints former Airbus Defence and Space CEO Dirk Hoke to board

## Summary
- Dirk Hoke appointed as Class III director, effective November 15, 2021.
- Hoke was CEO of Airbus Defence and Space and member of Airbus Executive Committee.
- Previously held executive roles at Siemens AG including President of Siemens Transportation China and CEO of Siemens Africa.
- Will participate in Outside Director Compensation Policy and execute standard indemnification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-331178
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPIR
- cik: 0001816017
- company_name: Spire Global, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-11-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816017/000119312521331178/0001193125-21-331178-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816017/000119312521331178/d262318d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-331178.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dirk Hoke was appointed as Class III director at Spire Global, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: On November 15, 2021, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Spire Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (f/k/a NavSight Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the predecessor company) (the “Company”) appointed Dirk Hoke to the Board as a Class III director, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816017/000119312521331178/0001193125-21-331178-index.htm

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