---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-032298"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000748790"
company_name: "Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T19:23:02.395985+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Board member Martin Wenzel resigns; Interim CEO Noah Verleun appointed to board; board size reduced to 5

## Summary
- Martin Wenzel resigned from Board effective July 15, 2024; no disagreements cited.
- Noah Verleun, President & interim CEO, appointed to Board to fill vacancy; no separate compensation.
- Board size reduced from seven to five directors in connection with departures and Verleun's appointment.
- Verleun will not serve on any committee of the Board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-032298
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000748790
- company_name: Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-19T23:59:59+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/748790/000162828024032298/0001628280-24-032298-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/748790/000162828024032298/gceh-20240715.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-032298
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-032298.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-032298.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Noah Verleun was appointed as member of the Board of Directors at Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On July 15, 2024, Noah Verleun, the Company’s President & interim Chief Executive Officer, was appointed to the Board to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Wenzel’s resignation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/748790/000162828024032298/0001628280-24-032298-index.htm
- Executive change
  Martin Wenzel resigned as member of the Board of Directors at Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On July 15, 2024, Martin Wenzel resigned as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/748790/000162828024032298/0001628280-24-032298-index.htm

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