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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001653477-21-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NGVT"
cik: "0001653477"
company_name: "Ingevity Corp"
filed_at: "2021-12-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T02:28:54.458235+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ingevity EVP Mike Smith to retire March 1, 2022; Rich White and Steve Hulme to co-lead Performance Chemicals

## Summary
- Michael P. Smith, EVP and President of Performance Chemicals, retires effective March 1, 2022.
- Rich White becomes SVP Performance Chemicals and President of Industrial Specialties & Pavement Technologies from Jan 1, 2022.
- Steve Hulme becomes SVP Performance Chemicals and President of Engineered Polymers from Jan 1, 2022.
- Smith helped integrate Georgia-Pacific's pine chemicals and Perstorp's caprolactone acquisitions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001653477-21-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NGVT
- cik: 0001653477
- company_name: Ingevity Corp
- filed_at: 2021-12-09T23:59:59+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/1653477/000165347721000070/0001653477-21-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653477/000165347721000070/ngvt-20211206.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001653477-21-000070
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001653477-21-000070.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001653477-21-000070.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael P. Smith departed as Executive Vice President and President, Performance Chemicals, Strategy and Business Development at Ingevity Corp.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President and President, Performance Chemicals, Strategy and Business Development
  source text: On December 6, 2021, Michael P. Smith, Executive Vice President and President, Performance Chemicals, Strategy and Business Development, notified Ingevity Corporation (the “Company”) that he will retire from the Company, effective March 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653477/000165347721000070/0001653477-21-000070-index.htm

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