---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-042759"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GBX"
cik: "0000923120"
company_name: "GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T07:39:53.980102+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Greenbrier appoints Matthew J. Meyer as SVP Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, effective Feb 20

## Summary
- Matthew J. Meyer, 41, appointed SVP Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, effective Feb 20, 2023.
- Adrian Downes remains CFO and Principal Accounting Officer until Q2 FY2023 10-Q filing; Meyer then becomes PAO.
- Meyer previously served as CAO of Horizon Global Corp and held roles at Joyson Safety Systems and KPMG.
- No family relationships or arrangements in selection; he is a CPA in Michigan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-042759
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GBX
- cik: 0000923120
- company_name: GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923120/000119312523042759/0001193125-23-042759-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923120/000119312523042759/d429280d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-042759.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew J. Meyer was appointed as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On February 16, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the appointment of Matthew J. Meyer, 41, to serve as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, effective as of the commencement of his employment with the Company on February 20, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923120/000119312523042759/0001193125-23-042759-index.htm

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