---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-037677"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UAVS"
cik: "0000008504"
company_name: "AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T21:25:43.295130+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AgEagle appoints Mark DiSiena as Interim CFO and Grant Begley as Chairman

## Summary
- CFO Nicole Fernandez-McGovern departed Oct 13, 2023; Board accepted her notice as voluntary resignation.
- Mark DiSiena appointed Interim CFO effective Oct 13, 2023; compensated $250/hr up to 40 hrs/week.
- Grant Begley, independent director since June 2016, elected Chairman of the Board; Barrett Mooney remains CEO.
- Begley has 26-year Navy career, Top Gun designation, and senior roles at Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.
- DiSiena is a retired CPA and attorney with 30+ years experience; previously CFO at Kyruus Health and 4Medica.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-037677
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UAVS
- cik: 0000008504
- company_name: AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8504/000149315223037677/0001493152-23-037677-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8504/000149315223037677/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-037677.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nicole Fernandez-McGovern resigned as Chief Financial Officer at AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Board of Directors accepted the Notice as a notice of voluntary resignation by Mrs. Fernandez-McGovern, and not of termination for Good Reason.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8504/000149315223037677/0001493152-23-037677-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark DiSiena was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective October 13, 2023, Mr. Mark DiSiena (age 57) was appointed as the Company’s principal financial and accounting officer and will serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer until such time as his successor is determined by the Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8504/000149315223037677/0001493152-23-037677-index.htm
- Executive change
  Grant Begley was elected as Chairman of the Board at AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: Grant Begley, an independent member of the Board of Directors since June 2016, has been elected Chairman of the Board; and former Chairman Barrett Mooney will continue to serve as AgEagle’s Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8504/000149315223037677/0001493152-23-037677-index.htm

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