---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-013452"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMPS"
cik: "0001816590"
company_name: "COMPASS Pathways plc"
filed_at: "2024-03-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T06:24:02.470540+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Compass Pathways co-founders George Goldsmith and Ekaterina Malievskaia resign from board; David Norton interim chair

## Summary
- Resignations effective March 29, 2024; not due to any disagreement with company.
- David Norton, former lead independent director, becomes interim board chair.
- Company initiates global search for permanent chair with biotech and strategic experience.
- Norton is a former Johnson & Johnson Company Group Chairman for Global Pharmaceuticals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-013452
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMPS
- cik: 0001816590
- company_name: COMPASS Pathways plc
- filed_at: 2024-03-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816590/000162828024013452/0001628280-24-013452-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816590/000162828024013452/cmps-20240327.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-013452.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  George Goldsmith resigned as Chair of the Board at COMPASS Pathways plc.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: On March 27, 2024, George Goldsmith and Ekaterina Malievskaia submitted their resignations from the board of directors (the " Board ") of COMPASS Pathways plc (the “ Company ”) with an effective date of March 29, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816590/000162828024013452/0001628280-24-013452-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ekaterina Malievskaia resigned as Director at COMPASS Pathways plc.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 27, 2024, George Goldsmith and Ekaterina Malievskaia submitted their resignations from the board of directors (the " Board ") of COMPASS Pathways plc (the “ Company ”) with an effective date of March 29, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816590/000162828024013452/0001628280-24-013452-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Norton was appointed as Chair of the Board at COMPASS Pathways plc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: David Norton, who currently serves as lead independent director, will assume the role of Chair of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816590/000162828024013452/0001628280-24-013452-index.htm

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