---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-25-008597"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BAER"
cik: "0001941536"
company_name: "Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T17:44:09.109912+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bridger Aerospace CFO Eric Gerratt to retire; Anne Hayes named Deputy CFO, expected to succeed

## Summary
- Eric Gerratt plans retirement after filing 2025 10-K (expected March 2026); will assist transition.
- Anne Hayes resigns from Board, appointed Deputy CFO; anticipated to become CFO after Gerratt's retirement.
- Ernie Freedman appointed to Board as independent director and Audit Committee Chair.
- Board size remains nine members; no disagreement cited in Hayes's resignation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-25-008597
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BAER
- cik: 0001941536
- company_name: Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1941536/000168316825008597/0001683168-25-008597-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1941536/000168316825008597/bridger_8k.htm

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