---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001401257-22-000060"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FET"
cik: "0001401257"
company_name: "FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC."
filed_at: "2022-08-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T21:17:41.269972+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Forum Energy Technologies appoints Katherine Keller as VP and Principal Accounting Officer

## Summary
- Katherine Keller appointed VP and Principal Accounting Officer, effective September 2, 2022.
- Keller, 39, joined Forum as Corporate Controller in Feb 2022; previously held roles at Apollo Group and Ernst & Young.
- John McElroy resigned as VP and Chief Accounting Officer on Aug 19, 2022, with effect from Sept 2.
- Keller has no familial relationships with any director or executive officer and no reportable transactions.
- She holds a B.S. in Accounting from Bucknell University and is a certified public accountant.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001401257-22-000060
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FET
- cik: 0001401257
- company_name: FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-08-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401257/000140125722000060/0001401257-22-000060-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401257/000140125722000060/fet-20220819.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001401257-22-000060.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John McElroy resigned as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Mr. John McElroy, who resigned as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer on August 19, 2022, with effect from September 2, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401257/000140125722000060/0001401257-22-000060-index.htm
- Executive change
  Katherine T. Keller was appointed as Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer at FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: appointed Ms. Katherine T. Keller to serve as the Company’s Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer, effective September 2, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401257/000140125722000060/0001401257-22-000060-index.htm

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