---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-299370"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COYA"
cik: "0001835022"
company_name: "Coya Therapeutics, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T10:03:33.182544+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coya Therapeutics appoints former US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross to board of directors

## Summary
- Board expanded to seven directors; Ross appointed Class I director effective Dec 19, 2023, term until 2026 annual meeting.
- Ross granted options for 10,000 shares at closing price on Jan 2, 2024, vesting on one-year anniversary of appointment.
- Coya will leverage Ross's 55+ years of investment banking, private equity, and government experience for strategic partnerships and capital markets.
- Ross served as 39th US Secretary of Commerce (2017-2021) and is former Chairman & CSO of WL Ross & Co.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-299370
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COYA
- cik: 0001835022
- company_name: Coya Therapeutics, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835022/000119312523299370/0001193125-23-299370-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835022/000119312523299370/d562177d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-299370
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-299370.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-299370.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Wilbur L. Ross was appointed as Director at Coya Therapeutics, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 19, 2023, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Coya Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board to seven directors from six, and appointed Wilbur L. Ross (“Secretary Ross”) as a Class I director to fill the newly created vacancy.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835022/000119312523299370/0001193125-23-299370-index.htm

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