---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-018275"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIQT"
cik: "0001307579"
company_name: "LIQTECH INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T06:21:26.841447+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LiqTech appoints Fei Chen as CEO effective Nov 1, 2022; interim CEO Buehler returns to board

## Summary
- Fei Chen named President & CEO effective on or before Nov 1, 2022; also joins board on start date.
- Chen previously SVP Global Commercials at Topsoe A/S ($850M revenue); background in water treatment, clean energy.
- Interim CEO Alexander Buehler will step down as CEO on Chen's start date but remain a board member.
- Employment agreement: annual base salary of DKK 2.5M (~$343k), performance bonus up to 150%, restricted stock $350k vesting over 3 years.
- Termination protection: 12-month salary continuation plus target bonus for fiscal year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-018275
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIQT
- cik: 0001307579
- company_name: LIQTECH INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307579/000143774922018275/0001437749-22-018275-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307579/000143774922018275/liqt20220801_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-018275
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-018275.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-018275.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alexander J. Buehler departed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at LIQTECH INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: step down
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Alexander J. Buehler will step down from his position as Interim Chief Executive Officer but will continue to serve the Company as a director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307579/000143774922018275/0001437749-22-018275-index.htm
- Executive change
  Fei Chen was appointed as Director at LIQTECH INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Ms. Chen has also been appointed to serve as a member of the board of directors of the Company, effective upon her assumption of the Chief Executive Officer position.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307579/000143774922018275/0001437749-22-018275-index.htm
- Executive change
  Fei Chen was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at LIQTECH INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the appointment of Fei Chen to serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective on or before November 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307579/000143774922018275/0001437749-22-018275-index.htm

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