---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001482981-22-000056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COCO"
cik: "0001482981"
company_name: "Vita Coco Company, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-07-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T06:54:16.821557+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vita Coco CFO Kevin Benmoussa resigns; Rowena Ricalde named interim CFO

## Summary
- Kevin Benmoussa resigned as CFO, treasurer, principal financial and accounting officer, effective August 31, 2022.
- Rowena Ricalde, current VP Global Accounting & Control, appointed interim CFO effective September 1, 2022.
- Ricalde will serve as principal financial and accounting officer until a permanent replacement is named.
- Interim CFO compensation: $268,000 base salary, 25% target bonus (up to 50% overachievement), plus $20,000 time-based bonus.
- Ricalde receives a one-time RSU grant of $150,000 vesting in four equal annual installments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001482981-22-000056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COCO
- cik: 0001482981
- company_name: Vita Coco Company, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-07-29T23:59:59+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/1482981/000148298122000056/0001482981-22-000056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482981/000148298122000056/coco-20220726.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rowena Ricalde was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Vita Coco Company, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: In connection with a transition plan, on July 26, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Rowena Ricalde, the Company’s current Vice President, Global Accounting & Control, as Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective September 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482981/000148298122000056/0001482981-22-000056-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kevin Benmoussa resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Vita Coco Company, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On June 17, 2022, The Vita Coco Company, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Kevin Benmoussa, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, has resigned from all roles at the Company, effective August 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482981/000148298122000056/0001482981-22-000056-index.htm

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