---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001421517-24-000167"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ERII"
cik: "0001421517"
company_name: "Energy Recovery, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T14:19:34.612659+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Energy Recovery appoints Michael Mancini as CFO effective August 5, 2024

## Summary
- Michael Mancini, age 43, joins as CFO; previously CFO of Astranis Space Technologies.
- Base salary of $400,000; stock option grant with $1.5M fair value vesting over 4 years.
- Mancini also served as CFO at Aerion Supersonic and held private equity/hedge fund roles.
- He holds a bachelor's in finance and economics from Boston College; will be Bay Area-based.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001421517-24-000167
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ERII
- cik: 0001421517
- company_name: Energy Recovery, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1421517/000142151724000167/0001421517-24-000167-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1421517/000142151724000167/erii-20240731.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001421517-24-000167.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 04334c8985
  claim: Michael Mancini was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Energy Recovery, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: On July 31, 2024, Energy Recovery, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the hiring of Mr. Michael Mancini, age 43, as the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1421517/000142151724000167/0001421517-24-000167-index.htm

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