---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-023072"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLOW"
cik: "0001287213"
company_name: "DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC"
filed_at: "2022-09-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T07:24:34.314033+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Douglas Dynamics appoints Joher Akolawala to board; director Staley to retire in 2023

## Summary
- Joher Akolawala elected to Board effective Sept 24, 2022, filling a new seat (board expanded from 7 to 8 directors).
- James D. Staley, board member since 2010, will retire at the 2023 annual meeting and not stand for re-election.
- Akolawala is EVP & CFO of Pella Corp; previously CFO-International at Walgreens Boots Alliance and senior finance roles at Mondelez and Kraft.
- He will serve on Audit, Compensation, and Nominating & Corporate Governance committees and stand for election in 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-023072
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLOW
- cik: 0001287213
- company_name: DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC
- filed_at: 2022-09-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774922023072/0001437749-22-023072-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774922023072/plow20220922_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-023072
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-023072.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-023072.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James D. Staley departed as director at DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: director
  source text: James D. Staley announced to the Board that he does not intend to stand for re-election as a director and will retire from the Board at the end of his current term as a director, effective immediately following the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774922023072/0001437749-22-023072-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joher Akolawala was elected as director at DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) elected Joher Akolawala as a director of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774922023072/0001437749-22-023072-index.htm

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