---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001398344-23-017542"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SVVC"
cik: "0001495584"
company_name: "Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T00:29:15.763551+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO Omar Billawala resigns; Chairman Kevin Landis appointed CFO effective Aug 30, 2023

## Summary
- Omar Billawala resigned as CFO on August 30, 2023; resignation accepted by Board.
- Kevin Landis, current Chairman and CEO, appointed CFO effective August 30, 2023.
- Landis also serves as President of Firsthand Capital Management and CEO of two portfolio companies.
- Landis has been with the Company since 2010 and serves on multiple private tech company boards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001398344-23-017542
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SVVC
- cik: 0001495584
- company_name: Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-01T23:59:59+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/1495584/000139834423017542/0001398344-23-017542-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495584/000139834423017542/fp0085025-1_8kixbrl.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001398344-23-017542.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kevin Landis was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: appointed Kevin Landis, the current Chairman of the Board of Directors, and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, also effective on August 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495584/000139834423017542/0001398344-23-017542-index.htm
- Executive change
  Omar Billawala resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 30, 2023, Omar Billawala resigned as the Chief Financial Officer of Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc. (the “Company”), effective on that date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495584/000139834423017542/0001398344-23-017542-index.htm

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