---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001866581-24-000117"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BROS"
cik: "0001866581"
company_name: "Dutch Bros Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T03:57:22.783051+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dutch Bros appoints Sumitro Ghosh as President of Operations; Brian Maxwell named Vice Chair

## Summary
- Brian Maxwell transitions from executive officer to newly created Vice Chair role, effective April 1, 2024.
- Sumitro Ghosh appointed President of Operations; previously Incoming President of Operations since Jan 2024.
- Ghosh held senior roles at Nike (Global VP Stores) and Starbucks (SVP Siren Retail), and CEO of TATA Starbucks.
- Ghosh's compensation: $500k base salary, $250k signing bonus, 60% annual bonus target, and RSU awards totaling $1.3M.
- Relocation reimbursement up to $200k plus tax gross-up; eligible for severance under company plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001866581-24-000117
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BROS
- cik: 0001866581
- company_name: Dutch Bros Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-02T23:59:59+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/1866581/000186658124000117/0001866581-24-000117-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1866581/000186658124000117/bros-20240401.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001866581-24-000117
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001866581-24-000117.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001866581-24-000117.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brian Maxwell was appointed as Vice Chair at Dutch Bros Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice Chair
  source text: the Board of Directors of Dutch Bros Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), appointed Brian Maxwell to the newly created role of Vice Chair
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1866581/000186658124000117/0001866581-24-000117-index.htm

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