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accession: "0001213900-24-080746"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001922858"
company_name: "ECD Automotive Design, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-09-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T03:19:15.675179+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ECD Auto Design appoints Benjamin Piggott as CFO, Raymond Cole resigns; board restructured

## Summary
- CFO Raymond Cole resigned effective Sept. 16, 2024 for personal reasons; will serve as consultant through H1 2025.
- Benjamin Piggott appointed CFO on Sept. 16, succeeding Cole; Piggott was previously Chairman and SPAC CEO.
- Piggott and Thomas Humble resigned from the Board; CEO Scott Wallace appointed Chairman.
- Piggott brings experience from EF Hutton, Laird Superfood, and Fidelity; has no family or reportable transactions with the Company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-080746
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001922858
- company_name: ECD Automotive Design, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-09-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1922858/000121390024080746/0001213900-24-080746-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922858/000121390024080746/ea0215025-8k_ecdauto.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-080746.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Raymond Cole resigned as Chief Financial Officer at ECD Automotive Design, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 16, 2024, ECD Automotive Design, Inc. (the “Company”) received the resignation of Mr. Raymond Cole as Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922858/000121390024080746/0001213900-24-080746-index.htm
- Executive change
  Benjamin Piggott resigned as Chairman of the Board at ECD Automotive Design, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: Mr. Piggott and Thomas Humble both resigned from their positions as members of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922858/000121390024080746/0001213900-24-080746-index.htm
- Executive change
  Scott Wallace was appointed as Chairman of the Board at ECD Automotive Design, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: Additionally, on September 16, 2024, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Scott Wallace, was appointed as the Chairman of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922858/000121390024080746/0001213900-24-080746-index.htm
- Executive change
  Thomas Humble resigned as Director at ECD Automotive Design, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Piggott and Thomas Humble both resigned from their positions as members of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922858/000121390024080746/0001213900-24-080746-index.htm
- Executive change
  Benjamin Piggott was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at ECD Automotive Design, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On the same date, Mr. Benjamin Piggott was appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922858/000121390024080746/0001213900-24-080746-index.htm

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