---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-017817"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SKIL"
cik: "0001774675"
company_name: "Skillsoft Corp."
filed_at: "2025-05-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T00:17:37.207875+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Skillsoft appoints John Frederick as CFO; Rich Walker to exit by July 4, 2025

## Summary
- John Frederick, formerly Chief Transformation Officer, named CFO effective May 15, 2025.
- Base salary of $500,000, target bonus 75%, transition bonus of $200,000, and 35,000 RSUs.
- Rich Walker steps down as CFO; will serve as advisor through July 4, 2025, receiving base salary severance and COBRA reimbursement.
- Walker's departure is not related to financial results or any disagreement with the company.
- Frederick has over 30 years of finance and operational experience, including past CFO roles at Indigo Ag and Avid Technology.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-017817
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SKIL
- cik: 0001774675
- company_name: Skillsoft Corp.
- filed_at: 2025-05-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1774675/000143774925017817/0001437749-25-017817-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1774675/000143774925017817/skil20250516_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rich Walker departed as Chief Financial Officer at Skillsoft Corp..
  - Action: ceased to serve
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Rich Walker ceased to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective as of the Transition Date
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1774675/000143774925017817/0001437749-25-017817-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Frederick was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Skillsoft Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 15, 2025, the Board of Directors (“ Board ”) of Skillsoft Corp. (the “ Company ”) appointed John Frederick as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective as of May 15, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1774675/000143774925017817/0001437749-25-017817-index.htm

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