---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-260676"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBAI"
cik: "0001836981"
company_name: "BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-10-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T04:30:28.677132+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BigBear.ai appoints Amanda Long as CEO effective Oct 12, 2022; Dr. Reggie Brothers steps down

## Summary
- Dr. Louis R. Brothers resigned as CEO and director effective Oct 12, 2022; receives $410k severance salary continuation plus $18k health premiums.
- Amanda Long appointed CEO and Class II director; previously IBM VP of IT Automation starting Sept 2021.
- Long's compensation: $450k base salary, 125% bonus target, initial 2022 bonus at least $250k, $4M LTI grant in RSUs/options.
- Brothers to serve as consultant to subsidiary for $75k fee paid quarterly, consulting agreement expires Oct 2023.
- Press release highlights Long's experience launching AI products and leading global businesses at IBM.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-260676
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBAI
- cik: 0001836981
- company_name: BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-10-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1836981/000119312522260676/0001193125-22-260676-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1836981/000119312522260676/d409050d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-260676
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-260676.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-260676.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Amanda Long was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Company’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) unanimously appointed Amanda Long as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1836981/000119312522260676/0001193125-22-260676-index.htm
- Executive change
  Amanda Long was appointed as Director at BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: The Board also appointed Mrs. Long as a director to fill the vacancy on the Board created by Dr. Brothers’ resignation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1836981/000119312522260676/0001193125-22-260676-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dr. Louis R. Brothers resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Director at BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and Director
  source text: Effective as of October 12, 2022 (the “ Separation Date ”), Dr. Louis R. Brothers resigned from his position as Chief Executive Officer and Director of BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1836981/000119312522260676/0001193125-22-260676-index.htm

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