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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001525221-21-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VTOL"
cik: "0001525221"
company_name: "Bristow Group Inc."
filed_at: "2021-11-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T15:42:26.904385+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bristow appoints Richard E. Tatum as Chief Accounting Officer effective Nov 15, 2021

## Summary
- Richard E. Tatum, 44, will serve as CAO starting Nov 15, 2021; previously SVP CAO at Pacific Drilling.
- Annual base salary $260,000; target bonus 50% of base; equity grant target 110% of base.
- One-time RSU award of $143,000 granted under 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.
- No family relationships or related-party transactions with other officers or directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001525221-21-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VTOL
- cik: 0001525221
- company_name: Bristow Group Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525221/000152522121000048/0001525221-21-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525221/000152522121000048/vtol-20211101.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001525221-21-000048.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard E. Tatum was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at Bristow Group Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On October 26, 2021, Richard E. Tatum accepted the position of Chief Accounting Officer with Bristow Group Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525221/000152522121000048/0001525221-21-000048-index.htm

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