---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-234359"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SD"
cik: "0001349436"
company_name: "SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T18:54:59.621303+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SandRidge CFO Salah Gamoudi resigns effective Sept 27; Brandon Brown appointed successor

## Summary
- Salah Gamoudi resigns as EVP & CFO effective Sept 27, 2023 to pursue other opportunities; no disagreement with company.
- Brandon L. Brown, Sr. appointed SVP & CFO effective same date; previously VP of Accounting and Corporate Controller.
- Brown's compensation to be determined later; no family relationships or material transactions with the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-234359
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SD
- cik: 0001349436
- company_name: SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1349436/000119312523234359/0001193125-23-234359-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1349436/000119312523234359/d385865d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-234359
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-234359.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-234359.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brandon L. Brown, Sr. was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Board appointed Brandon L. Brown, Sr. as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective as of September 27, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1349436/000119312523234359/0001193125-23-234359-index.htm
- Executive change
  Salah Gamoudi departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC.
  - Action: resigning
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 7, 2023, Mr. Salah Gamoudi notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of SandRidge Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) that he is resigning as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective September 27, 2023 (the “Resignation”), to pursue other opportunities.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1349436/000119312523234359/0001193125-23-234359-index.htm

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