---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-186313"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVTR"
cik: "0001722482"
company_name: "Avantor, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T08:47:25.181176+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avantor appoints R. Brent Jones as CFO effective August 7, 2023

## Summary
- R. Brent Jones named EVP and CFO, effective Aug 7; replaces Thomas Szlosek who departs Aug 4.
- Base salary of $575,000; target bonus 80% of base; $200,000 cash signing bonus with 1-year clawback.
- Initial long-term equity grant of $5.125 million: half performance stock units, half stock options.
- Future annual LTI target of $2 million, allocated same as other executive leadership team members.
- Jones previously CFO at LifeScan Global and Klöckner Pentaplast; over 25 years of life sciences finance experience.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-186313
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVTR
- cik: 0001722482
- company_name: Avantor, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000119312523186313/0001193125-23-186313-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000119312523186313/d498659d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  R. Brent Jones was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Avantor, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On July 13, 2023, Avantor, Inc. (the “Company”), announced the appointment of R. Brent Jones as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective as of August 7, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000119312523186313/0001193125-23-186313-index.htm
- Executive change
  Thomas Szlosek resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Avantor, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Company’s current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Thomas Szlosek, whose resignation was previously announced, has agreed to continue in his position through August 4, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000119312523186313/0001193125-23-186313-index.htm

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