---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001701605-23-000054"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKR"
cik: "0001701605"
company_name: "Baker Hughes Co"
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T19:54:06.390341+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Baker Hughes appoints Rebecca Charlton as CAO; Camilleri to depart in Q3 2023

## Summary
- Rebecca Charlton named SVP, Controller & CAO effective June 1, 2023, succeeding Kurt Camilleri.
- Camilleri to assist with transition and depart in Q3 2023; no dispute or disagreement related to accounting.
- Charlton receives $400k base salary, $1M sign-on RSU (3-year vest), $500k cash sign-on with 18-month clawback.
- Eligible for target bonus of 100% of salary and annual LTI target of $600k starting 2024.
- Relocation benefits up to $100k provided under executive relocation program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001701605-23-000054
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKR
- cik: 0001701605
- company_name: Baker Hughes Co
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000170160523000054/0001701605-23-000054-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/808362/000170160523000054/bkr-20230515.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001701605-23-000054.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kurt Camilleri changed role as Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at Baker Hughes Co.
  - Action: transitioning out
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Kurt Camilleri who will be transitioning out of his current role of Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer on the Effective Date and will assist with the transition of his duties to Ms. Charlton until his departure from the Company in the third quarter of 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000170160523000054/0001701605-23-000054-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rebecca Charlton was appointed as Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at Baker Hughes Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Rebecca Charlton has been appointed Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, with an anticipated effective date of June 1, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000170160523000054/0001701605-23-000054-index.htm

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