---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-066926"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHO"
cik: "0001295810"
company_name: "Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T01:04:08.520265+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sunstone appoints new CEO, President/CIO, CFO; Pasquale shifts to Executive Chairman

## Summary
- Bryan Giglia, former CFO, appointed CEO effective March 7, 2022; salary raised to $600k with 135% target bonus.
- Robert Springer becomes President and Chief Investment Officer; salary $550k, target bonus 135%, plus equity grants.
- Aaron Reyes appointed CFO; salary $325k, target bonus 100%.
- Douglas Pasquale becomes Executive Chairman through Aug 2022; receives $1.8M bonus and accelerated vesting for interim CEO stint.
- One-time equity grants to Giglia and Springer: 62,668 time-vesting shares and 94,002 performance-vesting RSUs each.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-066926
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHO
- cik: 0001295810
- company_name: Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295810/000119312522066926/0001193125-22-066926-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295810/000119312522066926/d371322d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-066926
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-066926.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bryan Giglia was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: appointed Bryan Giglia, age 45, as Chief Executive Officer effective as of March 7, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295810/000119312522066926/0001193125-22-066926-index.htm
- Executive change
  Douglas Pasquale was appointed as Executive Chairman at Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: On March 4, 2022, the Company appointed Douglas Pasquale as Executive Chairman effective as of March 7, 2022 until September 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1295810/000119312522066926/0001193125-22-066926-index.htm

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