---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-057181"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UP"
cik: "0001819516"
company_name: "Wheels Up Experience Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-14T21:27:09+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-14T21:28:13.125808+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wheels Up CSO Mark Briffa to depart Dec 31, 2026; interim sales lead named

## Summary
- Mark Briffa steps down as Chief Sales Officer; remains through Sept 1, 2026 for transition, then garden leave until Dec 31, 2026.
- David Godsman, Chief Digital Officer, assumes interim leadership of global sales.
- Settlement: continued salary to Dec 31, 2026; severance £311,538.46, benefits £66,816.36, holiday pay £35,753, plus 2026 bonus.
- RSU/PSU vesting extended through Sept 1, 2027; non-compete waived, non-solicitation and confidentiality covenants remain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-057181
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UP
- cik: 0001819516
- company_name: Wheels Up Experience Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-14T21:27:09+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819516/000162828026057181/0001628280-26-057181-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819516/000162828026057181/up-20260810.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-057181.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark Briffa departed as Chief Sales Officer at Wheels Up Experience Inc..
  - Action: depart
  - Role: Chief Sales Officer
  source text: On August 10, 2026, Wheels Up Experience Inc. (the “Company”) and Mark Briffa, the Company’s Chief Sales Officer, agreed that Mr. Briffa would depart as Chief Sales Officer but remain with the Company to transition his duties through September 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819516/000162828026057181/0001628280-26-057181-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Godsman was appointed as Chief Digital Officer at Wheels Up Experience Inc..
  - Action: assumed
  - Role: Chief Digital Officer
  source text: David Godsman, the Company’s Chief Digital Officer, has assumed leadership of the Company’s global sales organization on an interim basis, in addition to his current role as Chief Digital Officer, and will work directly with Mr. Briffa to support an orderly transition.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819516/000162828026057181/0001628280-26-057181-index.htm

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