{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001819848-24-000496","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"JOBY","cik":"0001819848","company_name":"Joby Aviation, Inc.","filed_at":"2024-12-02T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:09.820517+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-29T11:39:57.692600+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.55,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.55,"confidence":"high","headline":"Joby Aviation CFO Matthew Field resigns; CEO to serve as acting principal financial officer","bullets":["CFO Matthew Field resigns effective Dec 13, 2024, for personal reasons; no disagreement with the company.","CEO JoeBen Bevirt will serve as acting principal financial officer; Controller Sergei Novikov as acting principal accounting officer.","Field will provide advisory services during transition; company will search for a permanent CFO.","Novikov, age 55, joined in June 2021; previously Sr. Director, Americas Controller at Varian Medical Systems; licensed CPA.","Finance team to report to CEO and General Counsel Kate DeHoff until a permanent CFO is hired."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819848-24-000496","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819848-24-000496.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819848-24-000496.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819848-24-000496.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819848/000181984824000496/0001819848-24-000496-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819848/000181984824000496/joby-20241201.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-29T11:39:57.692600+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"0c9474f53a","claim":"Sergei Novikov was appointed as acting principal accounting officer and treasurer at Joby Aviation, Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"Following Mr. Field’s resignation, JoeBen Bevirt, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, will serve as its acting principal financial officer, and Sergei Novikov, the Company’s Controller, will serve as its acting principal accounting officer and treasurer, in each case, effective December 13, 2024.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819848/000181984824000496/0001819848-24-000496-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"acting principal accounting officer and treasurer"}]},{"claim_id":"26528a735e","claim":"JoeBen Bevirt was appointed as acting principal financial officer at Joby Aviation, Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"Following Mr. Field’s resignation, JoeBen Bevirt, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, will serve as its acting principal financial officer, and Sergei Novikov, the Company’s Controller, will serve as its acting principal accounting officer and treasurer, in each case, effective December 13, 2024.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819848/000181984824000496/0001819848-24-000496-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"acting principal financial officer"}]},{"claim_id":"d844306b72","claim":"Matthew Field resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Joby Aviation, Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"On December 1, 2024, Matthew Field, Chief Financial Officer of Joby Aviation, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company that he would be resigning, effective December 13, 2024, for personal reasons.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819848/000181984824000496/0001819848-24-000496-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"resigned"},{"label":"Role","value":"Chief Financial Officer"}]}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}