---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-253709"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EVRG"
cik: "0001711269"
company_name: "Evergy, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T02:53:39.901966+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Evergy CAO retiring Dec 1; COO stepping down Dec 31; interim CAO named

## Summary
- Steven Busser retiring as VP & Chief Accounting Officer effective Dec 1, 2024; not due to any disagreement.
- Matt Gummig, Director of External Reporting, named Interim CAO; receives two $25K retention payments and $150K RSUs.
- Kevin Bryant, EVP & COO, transitions to EVP Corporate Initiatives and departs Dec 31, 2024; eligible for severance.
- COO role will not be filled after Bryant's departure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-253709
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EVRG
- cik: 0001711269
- company_name: Evergy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1711269/000119312524253709/0001193125-24-253709-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/54476/000119312524253709/d897459d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steven P. Busser departed as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at Evergy, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On November 4, 2024, Steven P. Busser notified the Evergy Companies that he will retire and no longer serve as the Evergy Companies’ Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, effective on December 1, 2024 (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1711269/000119312524253709/0001193125-24-253709-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matt Gummig was appointed as Interim Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at Evergy, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Following Mr. Busser’s retirement on the Effective Date, Matt Gummig, Director of External Reporting and Property Accounting, will also serve as Interim Controller and Chief Accounting Officer and will assume the principal accounting officer responsibilities while the Evergy Companies conduct an internal and external search to fill the permanent role.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1711269/000119312524253709/0001193125-24-253709-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kevin E. Bryant departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Evergy, Inc..
  - Action: depart
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On November 8, 2024, the Evergy Companies announced that Mr. Kevin E. Bryant, currently the Evergy Companies’ Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, has been named as Executive Vice President of Corporate Initiatives. In this role, Mr. Bryant will work directly with Mr. David A. Campbell, Evergy’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and will continue to provide input on Evergy’s strategy and operations through his departure from the company on December 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1711269/000119312524253709/0001193125-24-253709-index.htm

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