---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-011170"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RCEL"
cik: "0001762303"
company_name: "AVITA Medical, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-01-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T12:36:25.746336+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AVITA Medical announces departure of CFO Michael Holder and COO Kathy McGee, appoints Sean Ekins as interim CFO

## Summary
- CFO Michael Holder and COO Kathy McGee leaving Avita Medical effective Jan 19, 2023.
- Sean Ekins, SVP of Finance, appointed interim CFO; company will search for permanent CFO.
- COO role discontinued; product development, operations, regulatory report directly to CEO James Corbett.
- Holder and McGee receive severance: 12 months base salary, health benefits, stock acceleration; McGee also gets 2022 bonus of $164,140.
- Company will report Q4 2022 earnings on Feb 23, 2023, and provide revenue guidance for Q1 and full year 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-011170
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RCEL
- cik: 0001762303
- company_name: AVITA Medical, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-01-20T23:59:59+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/1762303/000119312523011170/0001193125-23-011170-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762303/000119312523011170/d416307d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kathy McGee departed as Chief Operating Officer at AVITA Medical, Inc..
  - Action: leaving
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Michael Holder, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, and Kathy McGee, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, are leaving the organization.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762303/000119312523011170/0001193125-23-011170-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Holder changed role as Chief Financial Officer at AVITA Medical, Inc..
  - Action: transitioning
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Holder’s responsibilities as the Company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer will transition to Mr. Sean Ekins, as Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762303/000119312523011170/0001193125-23-011170-index.htm

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