---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-029904"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLYX"
cik: "0001843973"
company_name: "FLYEXCLUSIVE INC."
filed_at: "2024-06-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T02:17:31.831064+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# flyExclusive appoints Matt Lesmeister as CFO, Zach Nichols as CAO

## Summary
- Interim CFO Billy Barnard resigned effective June 18, 2024.
- Matt Lesmeister appointed CFO effective June 25; previously EVP & Chief of Staff since May 2024.
- Zach Nichols promoted to Chief Accounting Officer from SVP Finance; joined company in 2020.
- Lesmeister has 14 years public company experience, most recently at Fox Factory Holding Corp.
- No family relationships or related party transactions disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-029904
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLYX
- cik: 0001843973
- company_name: FLYEXCLUSIVE INC.
- filed_at: 2024-06-25T23:59:59+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/1843973/000162828024029904/0001628280-24-029904-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1843973/000162828024029904/flyx-20240618.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew Lesmeister was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at FLYEXCLUSIVE INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Company appointed Matthew Lesmeister as Chief Financial Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1843973/000162828024029904/0001628280-24-029904-index.htm
- Executive change
  Zachary Nichols was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at FLYEXCLUSIVE INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Zachary Nichols as Chief Accounting Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1843973/000162828024029904/0001628280-24-029904-index.htm
- Executive change
  Billy Barnard resigned as Interim Chief Financial Officer at FLYEXCLUSIVE INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On June 18, 2024, Billy Barnard, the Interim Chief Financial Officer of flyExclusive, Inc. (the “Company”), resigned, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1843973/000162828024029904/0001628280-24-029904-index.htm

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