---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001789940-26-000076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FWRG"
cik: "0001789940"
company_name: "First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-08T20:30:23+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T20:31:09.119869+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Watch appoints Ashlee Weisser as CFO effective June 8, 2026

## Summary
- Weisser promoted from SVP Financial Planning & Analysis; succeeds retiring CFO Mel Hope.
- Base salary $475,000; target annual bonus 70% of base; RSU grant of $275,000.
- Weisser has 15+ years finance leadership at Bloomin' Brands, Red Robin, and Darden.
- Hope will remain as advisor to support transition after his planned retirement.
- Weisser will serve as principal financial and accounting officer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001789940-26-000076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FWRG
- cik: 0001789940
- company_name: First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-08T20:30:23+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789940/000178994026000076/0001789940-26-000076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789940/000178994026000076/fwrg-20260606.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mel Hope retired as Chief Financial Officer at First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: As previously announced in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 20, 2026, it is expected that Mr. Hope will serve as an advisor to the Company for a period of time to ensure a smooth transition.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789940/000178994026000076/0001789940-26-000076-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ashlee Weisser was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On June 6, 2026, the Board of Directors of First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Ashlee Weisser, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis, as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective June 8, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789940/000178994026000076/0001789940-26-000076-index.htm

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