---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001828536-22-000051"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NRGV"
cik: "0001828536"
company_name: "Energy Vault Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T04:28:28.064134+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Energy Vault appoints Jan Kees van Gaalen as CFO effective Nov 16, 2022

## Summary
- Jan Kees van Gaalen appointed CFO, effective November 16, 2022.
- David Hitchcock to cease as Interim CEO, will remain as advisor through December 31, 2022.
- van Gaalen previously CFO at C&J Energy Services and Kennametal; interim CFO at OneSpan.
- No family relationships or reportable transactions with the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001828536-22-000051
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NRGV
- cik: 0001828536
- company_name: Energy Vault Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000182853622000051/0001828536-22-000051-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000182853622000051/nrgv-20221103.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001828536-22-000051.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Hitchcock departed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Energy Vault Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: ceased to serve
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: David Hitchcock will cease to serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hitchcock will remain as an advisor to the Company through December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000182853622000051/0001828536-22-000051-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jan Kees van Gaalen was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Energy Vault Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Jan Kees van Gaalen agreed to serve as Chief Financial Officer, effective as of November 16, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000182853622000051/0001828536-22-000051-index.htm

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