---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-015513"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CODA"
cik: "0001334325"
company_name: "Coda Octopus Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T16:10:47.974216+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coda Octopus CFO Nathan Parker departs; Gayle Jardine named interim CFO

## Summary
- Nathan Parker left as CFO effective May 3, 2023.
- Gayle Jardine, European Finance Director since 2015, appointed interim CFO effective May 4, 2023.
- Jardine receives annual salary of ~$96,720, plus £5,000/month interim stipend.
- Jardine also granted 2,500 restricted shares vesting in six months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-015513
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CODA
- cik: 0001334325
- company_name: Coda Octopus Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315223015513/0001493152-23-015513-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315223015513/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gayle Jardine was appointed as interim Chief Financial Officer at Coda Octopus Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 1, 2023, the Company appointed Gayle Jardine to be the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer, effective May 4, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315223015513/0001493152-23-015513-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nathan Parker departed as Chief Financial Officer at Coda Octopus Group, Inc..
  - Action: left
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Nathan Parker, Chief Financial Officer of Coda Octopus Group, Inc. (the “Company”), left the Company effective May 3, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315223015513/0001493152-23-015513-index.htm

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