---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001857816-24-000216"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GCT"
cik: "0001857816"
company_name: "GigaCloud Technology Inc"
filed_at: "2024-11-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T01:07:51.604166+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GigaCloud director Frank Hurst Lin resigns; Marshall Bernes appointed to board

## Summary
- Frank Hurst Lin retired from GigaCloud board effective Nov 6, 2024; no disagreement with company.
- Marshall Bernes appointed as executive director effective Nov 11, 2024; board remains at 5 members.
- Bernes is Head of GigaCloud's BaaS Program since Jan 2024; former founder/CEO of Noble House Home Furnishings.
- Bernes brings over 30 years of home furnishings industry experience; will not receive director compensation.
- Lin, a DCM venture partner, cited focus on pre-IPO emerging companies as reason for retirement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001857816-24-000216
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GCT
- cik: 0001857816
- company_name: GigaCloud Technology Inc
- filed_at: 2024-11-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857816/000185781624000216/0001857816-24-000216-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857816/000185781624000216/gct-20241113.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001857816-24-000216.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Frank Hurst Lin resigned as director at GigaCloud Technology Inc.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: director
  source text: Mr. Frank Hurst Lin provided notice of his resignation from the board of directors (the “Board”) of GigaCloud Technology Inc (the “Company”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857816/000185781624000216/0001857816-24-000216-index.htm
- Executive change
  Marshall Bernes was appointed as executive director at GigaCloud Technology Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: executive director
  source text: the Board approved the appointment of Mr. Marshall Bernes as an executive director to fill the vacancy on the Board, effective as of November 11, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857816/000185781624000216/0001857816-24-000216-index.htm

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