---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-007460"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001401395"
company_name: "Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T22:57:48.119860+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Neptune Wellness appoints interim CEO and COO after departing prior CEO

## Summary
- Michael De Geus named interim President and CEO effective March 8, 2024; compensation $20,000/month.
- Cedrick Billequey appointed interim COO; receives CAD$10,000/month raise on current salary.
- Prior CEO Michael Cammarata departed after furlough; De Geus had served on Restructuring Committee.
- De Geus is a former US Secret Service executive; Billequey led profitable Biodroga subsidiary.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-007460
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001401395
- company_name: Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401395/000143774924007460/0001437749-24-007460-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401395/000143774924007460/nept20240312_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-007460
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-007460.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael De Geus was appointed as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer at Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: appointed Board member Michael De Geus as its interim President and Chief Executive Officer, and Cedrick Billequey, General Manager of the Company’s subsidiary, Biodroga Nutraceuticals, Inc. (“Biodroga”), as its Interim Chief Operating Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401395/000143774924007460/0001437749-24-007460-index.htm
- Executive change
  Cedrick Billequey was appointed as Interim Chief Operating Officer at Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Operating Officer
  source text: appointed Board member Michael De Geus as its interim President and Chief Executive Officer, and Cedrick Billequey, General Manager of the Company’s subsidiary, Biodroga Nutraceuticals, Inc. (“Biodroga”), as its Interim Chief Operating Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401395/000143774924007460/0001437749-24-007460-index.htm

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