---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001309402-24-000123"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPRE"
cik: "0001309402"
company_name: "Green Plains Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T07:19:12.513521+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Green Plains appoints Phil Boggs as CFO, Jim Stark retires

## Summary
- Phil Boggs named CFO effective Nov 1, 2024, succeeding Jim Stark who is retiring.
- Boggs has been with Green Plains since 2009, most recently as EVP Investor Relations & Finance.
- Stark became CFO in 2022 under a planned succession; his departure not due to any disagreement.
- Boggs will oversee finance, accounting, and investor relations.
- Stark intends to pursue opportunities outside public markets to spend more time with family.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001309402-24-000123
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPRE
- cik: 0001309402
- company_name: Green Plains Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-31T23:59:59+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/1309402/000130940224000123/0001309402-24-000123-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940224000123/gpre-20241031.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-24-000123
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-24-000123.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001309402-24-000123.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Phil Boggs was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Green Plains Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Board of Directors of Green Plains Inc. (the "Company") approved the appointment of Phil Boggs to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective November 1, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940224000123/0001309402-24-000123-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jim Stark retired as Chief Financial Officer at Green Plains Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Stark gave notice of his intent to resign on October 25, 2024 and the retirement of Mr. Stark as Chief Financial Officer of the Company was not due to any disagreement with the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309402/000130940224000123/0001309402-24-000123-index.htm

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