---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-014507"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FTEK"
cik: "0000846913"
company_name: "FUEL TECH, INC."
filed_at: "2022-06-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T04:08:42.691755+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fuel Tech appoints Ellen Albrecht as CFO, Treasurer effective June 1, 2022

## Summary
- Albrecht promoted to VP, CFO and Treasurer; previously Acting Treasurer, Controller and PFO since March 2020.
- Annual base salary set at $250,000, reduced 10% to $225,000 under ongoing officer salary reduction program.
- Target incentive participation of 30% of net annual base salary under 2022 Corporate Incentive Plan.
- No severance payments upon termination; no family relationships with directors or officers.
- Albrecht has been with Fuel Tech since 1996 in roles including Controller, Accounting Manager, and Accountant.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-014507
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FTEK
- cik: 0000846913
- company_name: FUEL TECH, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-06-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846913/000143774922014507/0001437749-22-014507-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846913/000143774922014507/ftek20220606_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ellen T. Albrecht was appointed as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at FUEL TECH, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: On June 2, 2022, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Fuel Tech, Inc. (“Fuel Tech” or the “Registrant”) appointed Ellen T. Albrecht to the position of Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846913/000143774922014507/0001437749-22-014507-index.htm

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