---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-051449"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GCO"
cik: "0000018498"
company_name: "GENESCO INC"
filed_at: "2021-10-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T19:19:38.542414+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Genesco appoints Tom George as CFO, effective Oct 20, through March 2024

## Summary
- Thomas A. George named Senior VP Finance and CFO, elevated from interim role held since Dec 2020.
- Base salary of $500,000; target EVA incentive award at 70% of base for FY2023–2024.
- Restricted stock grant with grant-date fair value $1.49M, vesting over two years with acceleration provisions.
- Quarterly stipend of $15,000 starting Jan 2022 in lieu of relocation assistance.
- George previously served as CFO of Deckers Brands (9 yrs) and Oakley, Inc. (8 yrs).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-051449
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GCO
- cik: 0000018498
- company_name: GENESCO INC
- filed_at: 2021-10-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18498/000156459021051449/0001564590-21-051449-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18498/000156459021051449/gco-8k_20211021.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-051449.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas A. George was named as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer at GENESCO INC.
  - Action: named
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On October 21, 2021, Genesco Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Thomas A. George has been named Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18498/000156459021051449/0001564590-21-051449-index.htm

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