---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-079952"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FFAI"
cik: "0001805521"
company_name: "FARADAY FUTURE INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC INC."
filed_at: "2024-09-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T04:00:08.613383+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Faraday Future appoints Koti Meka as CFO after Maroko resigns; salary cut to $200K initially

## Summary
- Interim CFO Jonathan Maroko resigned effective Sept 20, 2024; may enter consulting agreement.
- Board appointed Koti Meka as CFO effective Sept 23, 2024; previously Acting Head of Finance Operations.
- Meka's base salary set at $300K but initially paid $200K due to company-wide cost-cutting measures.
- Meka eligible for RSU grants totaling $1.5M and PSUs with target value of $1M tied to milestones.
- VP I.A.I. Hong Rao removed as Section 16 officer but remains in his role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-079952
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FFAI
- cik: 0001805521
- company_name: FARADAY FUTURE INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC INC.
- filed_at: 2024-09-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805521/000121390024079952/0001213900-24-079952-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805521/000121390024079952/ea0215043-8k_faraday.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jonathan Maroko resigned as Interim Chief Financial Officer at FARADAY FUTURE INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 15, 2024, Jonathan Maroko notified Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to resign from his position as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective September 20, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805521/000121390024079952/0001213900-24-079952-index.htm
- Executive change
  Koti Meka was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at FARADAY FUTURE INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 17, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Koti Meka as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer, effective September 23, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805521/000121390024079952/0001213900-24-079952-index.htm

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