---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-044181"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BNAI"
cik: "0001838163"
company_name: "Brand Engagement Network Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T02:58:30.382953+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brand Engagement Network appoints Walid Khiari as CFO and COO effective Nov 18, 2024

## Summary
- Appointed Walid Khiari as CFO and COO, effective November 18, 2024.
- Annual base salary of $400,000; performance bonus up to 100% of salary.
- Awarded 600,000 incentive stock options vesting monthly over 4 years.
- Khiari has 20+ years finance experience, including at Credit Suisse and Houlihan Lokey.
- Outgoing CFO Bill Williams expressed confidence in new leadership.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-044181
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BNAI
- cik: 0001838163
- company_name: Brand Engagement Network Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838163/000149315224044181/0001493152-24-044181-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838163/000149315224044181/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Walid Khiari was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Brand Engagement Network Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On November 7, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Walid Khiari to serve as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective on the day immediately following the filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 (the “Appointment Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838163/000149315224044181/0001493152-24-044181-index.htm

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