---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001802457-23-000094"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ORGN"
cik: "0001802457"
company_name: "Origin Materials, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T02:03:21.765408+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Origin Materials appoints Pam Haley as Interim CFO effective Sept 1, 2023

## Summary
- Nate Whaley resigned as CFO effective Sept 1; will serve as advisor through year-end to aid transition.
- Pam Haley, previously SVP of Accounting and Finance, appointed Interim CFO; long-term CFO search underway via Heidrick & Struggles.
- Haley's new base salary is $260,000; awarded 125,000 RSUs vesting over 3 years starting Sept 1, 2024.
- Haley previously held CFO and other financial roles at Arcadia Biosciences from 2005 to 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001802457-23-000094
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ORGN
- cik: 0001802457
- company_name: Origin Materials, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-30T23:59:59+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/1802457/000180245723000094/0001802457-23-000094-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802457/000180245723000094/orgn-20230829.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001802457-23-000094.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Pam Haley was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Origin Materials, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 29, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Pam Haley as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective September 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802457/000180245723000094/0001802457-23-000094-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nate Whaley resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Origin Materials, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Nate Whaley’s resignation as Chief Financial Officer of the Company became effective on September 1, 2023 and was not as a result of a termination of his employment.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802457/000180245723000094/0001802457-23-000094-index.htm

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