---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-134185"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECVT"
cik: "0001708035"
company_name: "Ecovyst Inc."
filed_at: "2022-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T02:41:54.081550+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ecovyst CEO Belgacem Chariag departs; Kurt Bitting named CEO; board authorizes $450M share repurchase

## Summary
- CEO Belgacem Chariag departed April 25, 2022; receives severance including base salary and target bonus for 24 months.
- Kurt Bitting (President of Ecoservices) appointed CEO effective April 25; Thomas Schneberger appointed President.
- Board authorized $450M share repurchase program over 4 years; repurchases may be made at management's discretion.
- Director Chris Behrens will not stand for re-election; Bryan Brown, Kevin Fogarty, David Bradley appointed to board; Fogarty named non-executive chairman.
- Bitting and Schneberger each receive $500K base salary, 100% target bonus, and PSU awards with $250K grant date fair value.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-134185
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECVT
- cik: 0001708035
- company_name: Ecovyst Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000119312522134185/0001193125-22-134185-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000119312522134185/d266206d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-134185
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-134185.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-134185.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Belgacem Chariag departed as Chief Executive Officer and President at Ecovyst Inc..
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: Belgacem Chariag departed from his positions as Chief Executive Officer and President and resigned as a member of the Board of Directors (the Board) of the Company, effective April 25, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000119312522134185/0001193125-22-134185-index.htm
- Executive change
  Thomas Schneberger was appointed as President at Ecovyst Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: Thomas Schneberger, who has served the Company as President of Catalyst Technologies since March 2021, assumed the role of President of the Company effective on April 27, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000119312522134185/0001193125-22-134185-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kurt J. Bitting was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Ecovyst Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Kurt J. Bitting, who has served the Company as President of Ecoservices since March 2019, assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer effective as of April 25, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000119312522134185/0001193125-22-134185-index.htm

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