---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-211079"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TALO"
cik: "0001724965"
company_name: "TALOS ENERGY INC."
filed_at: "2024-08-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:49:02.580033+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Talos Energy CEO Tim Duncan departs; Joseph Mills interim CEO; guidance reaffirmed

## Summary
- Tim Duncan stepped down as President and CEO effective Aug 29, 2024; departure is without cause under severance plan.
- Joseph A. Mills, Board member since March 2024, named interim CEO; Board engaged executive search firm for permanent CEO.
- Company reaffirms Q3 2024 production guidance of 92-97 MBoe/d and full-year 2024 operational and financial guidance.
- Mills has 42+ years of oil and gas experience, currently CEO of Samson Resources II; holds BBA from UT and MBA from UH.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-211079
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TALO
- cik: 0001724965
- company_name: TALOS ENERGY INC.
- filed_at: 2024-08-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1724965/000119312524211079/0001193125-24-211079-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1724965/000119312524211079/d839335d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-211079
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-211079.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph A. Mills was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer and President at TALOS ENERGY INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: Joseph A. Mills, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), will serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer and President, effective as of August 29, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1724965/000119312524211079/0001193125-24-211079-index.htm
- Executive change
  Timothy S. Duncan departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at TALOS ENERGY INC..
  - Action: departed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Timothy S. Duncan departed his role as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of August 29, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1724965/000119312524211079/0001193125-24-211079-index.htm

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