---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-220216"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KNTK"
cik: "0001692787"
company_name: "Kinetik Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T04:15:46.356247+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kinetik appoints Trevor Howard as SVP and CFO, separating CEO/CFO role

## Summary
- Trevor Howard named Senior Vice President and CFO, effective August 24, 2023.
- CEO Jamie Welch relinquishes CFO title but remains CEO, President, and Principal Executive Officer.
- Steve Stellato continues as Executive VP, Chief Accounting and Administrative Officer and Principal Financial Officer.
- Internal promotion; no departure of existing officers reported.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-220216
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KNTK
- cik: 0001692787
- company_name: Kinetik Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-24T23:59:59+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/1692787/000119312523220216/0001193125-23-220216-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692787/000119312523220216/d482516d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-220216
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-220216.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-220216.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Trevor Howard was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Kinetik Holdings Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the appointment of Trevor Howard as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective as of August 24, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692787/000119312523220216/0001193125-23-220216-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jamie Welch changed role as Chief Executive Officer and President at Kinetik Holdings Inc..
  - Action: relinquished Chief Financial Officer title
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: As a result of Mr. Howard’s appointment, Jamie Welch, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President, no longer holds the title of Chief Financial Officer; Mr. Welch maintains his role as Chief Executive Officer and President and as the Company’s Principal Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692787/000119312523220216/0001193125-23-220216-index.htm

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