Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On May 31, 2022, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Enviva Inc. (the
"Company") unanimously approved the recommendation of Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Board John K. Keppler to appoint Thomas Meth to serve as
President of the Company, effective immediately.
Mr. Meth co-founded the Company beginning with Intrinergy, the predecessor to
our former sponsor, in 2004, where he served as Executive Vice President, Sales
and Marketing continuously through the transition of Intrinergy to Enviva and
with the general partner of Enviva Partners, LP beginning in November 2013. He
subsequently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of
the Company until his appointment as President. In such roles, Mr. Meth has been
responsible for our commercial customer relations as well as our market
development, customer fulfillment, and shipping initiatives. As President, he is
also responsible for Enviva's operations and communications functions. Prior to
Intrinergy, Mr. Meth was Head of Sales and Marketing in Europe, the Middle East,
and Africa for the Colfax Corporation from 2002 to 2004. From 1993 to 2000,
Mr. Meth was Director of Sales for Europay Austria, a consumer financial
services company. Mr. Meth holds a bachelor of commerce from Vienna University
of Economics and Business Administration in Austria as well as an MBA from The
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at The University of Virginia.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Meth and any other
person pursuant to which Mr. Meth was appointed President of the Company, nor
are there any relationships between Mr. Meth and the Company that would require
disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
Mr. Keppler continues to serve as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
Board of the Company following his resignation from the office of President
simultaneous with Mr. Meth's appointment thereto on May 31, 2022.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibits.
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
104 The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in
Inline XBRL.
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