---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-063759"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CPK"
cik: "0000019745"
company_name: "CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP"
filed_at: "2026-09-28T22:34:03+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:39:46.657500+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chesapeake Utilities names Sylvester principal financial officer, Galtman principal accounting officer

## Summary
- Jeffrey S. Sylvester, 56, designated principal financial officer on September 28, 2026; continues as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, a role he took effective July 1, 2026.
- Michael D. Galtman, 51, designated principal accounting officer; continues as Senior Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer, a role effective April 1, 2026.
- Galtman was Chief Accounting Officer from 2019 to April 2026; previously CAO and VP at Sunoco Logistics Partners and held a leadership role at MBNA.
- Galtman played a key leadership role in Chesapeake's 2023 acquisition of Florida City Gas; he oversees ERP implementation, budgeting, treasury and corporate development.
- No changes to either executive's compensation, and no compensatory plan, contract or award was entered into or modified in connection with the designations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-063759
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CPK
- cik: 0000019745
- company_name: CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP
- filed_at: 2026-09-28T22:34:03+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/19745/000162828026063759/0001628280-26-063759-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000162828026063759/cpk-20260928.htm

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