---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-004468"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VEL"
cik: "0001692376"
company_name: "Velocity Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T09:14:43.547728+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Velocity Financial appoints new Treasurer and CAO in internal promotions

## Summary
- Christopher Oltmann, 56, appointed Corporate Treasurer effective Feb. 8, 2022; continues as Director of Investor Relations.
- Fiona Tam, 51, appointed Chief Accounting Officer; previously Chief Financial Reporting & Policy Officer since 2017.
- Oltmann previously served as EVP Treasury Finance at PennyMac (2012-2019); Tam was Senior Audit Manager at KPMG.
- No related-party transactions or family relationships with directors or executive officers disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-004468
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VEL
- cik: 0001692376
- company_name: Velocity Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692376/000156459022004468/0001564590-22-004468-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692376/000156459022004468/vel-8k_20220208.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-004468
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-004468.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-004468.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Fiona Tam was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at Velocity Financial, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Our Board of Directors also appointed Fiona Tam, 51, as our new Chief Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692376/000156459022004468/0001564590-22-004468-index.htm
- Executive change
  Christopher Oltmann was appointed as Corporate Treasurer at Velocity Financial, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Corporate Treasurer
  source text: On February 8, 2022, our Board of Directors appointed Christopher Oltmann, 56, to the position of Corporate Treasurer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692376/000156459022004468/0001564590-22-004468-index.htm

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