---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-166125"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OMEX"
cik: "0000798528"
company_name: "ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T02:27:44.760800+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Odyssey Marine CFO Christopher Jones resigns effective July 7, 2023; interim CFO search underway

## Summary
- Christopher Jones will leave as CFO on July 7, 2023, to pursue another opportunity.
- Jones will remain in an advisory role after departure to support transition.
- Odyssey plans to appoint an interim CFO and search for a permanent CFO aligned with growth plans.
- CEO Mark Gordon credited Jones with improving balance sheet, eliminating debt, and enhancing liquidity.
- Departure is not expected to affect initiatives including the recent investment in Ocean Minerals LLC.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-166125
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OMEX
- cik: 0000798528
- company_name: ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798528/000119312523166125/0001193125-23-166125-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798528/000119312523166125/d667281d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-166125
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-166125.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-166125.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher E. Jones resigned as chief financial officer at ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: chief financial officer
  source text: Christopher E. Jones, Odyssey’s chief financial officer, has resigned from the company effective July 7, 2023, to pursue another opportunity.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798528/000119312523166125/0001193125-23-166125-index.htm

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