---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001842279-25-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OPAL"
cik: "0001842279"
company_name: "OPAL Fuels Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T04:06:40.516486+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# OPAL Fuels appoints Kazi Hasan as CFO; $500k salary, $1.2M initial equity

## Summary
- Kazi Hasan appointed CFO effective Feb 3, 2025; replaces interim CFO Scott Contino.
- Annual base salary $500,000; eligible for 85% bonus target and equity target ≥175% of base.
- Initial equity grant valued at $1.2M (50% RSUs, 30% PSUs, 20% options) with two-year cliff vesting.
- Hasan brings 25+ years in energy; previously CFO at Puget Sound Energy and Cleco, senior roles at AES and Fluence.
- Sign-on bonus of $150,000; relocation expenses reimbursed; to assume Principal Accounting Officer role on March 18.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001842279-25-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OPAL
- cik: 0001842279
- company_name: OPAL Fuels Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1842279/000184227925000008/0001842279-25-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1842279/000184227925000008/opal-20250203.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001842279-25-000008
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001842279-25-000008.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kazi Hasan was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer at OPAL Fuels Inc..
  - Action: Appointment
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer
  source text: On February 3, 2025, OPAL Fuels Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Mr. Kazi Hasan as Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer, effective as of February 3, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1842279/000184227925000008/0001842279-25-000008-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kazi Hasan was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at OPAL Fuels Inc..
  - Action: Appointment
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: Mr. Hasan was also appointed Principal Accounting Officer, effective as of March 18, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1842279/000184227925000008/0001842279-25-000008-index.htm
- Executive change
  Scott Contino departed as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer at OPAL Fuels Inc..
  - Action: Resignation
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Scott Contino will resign as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1842279/000184227925000008/0001842279-25-000008-index.htm

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