Effective June 2, 2025, Jose Torres ceased to serve as Skillsoft Corp.?s Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer and departed from the Company. Mr. Torres? departure from the Company was due to his resignation to pursue other opportunities.
In connection with his departure, Mr. Torres entered into a separation agreement with the Company on June 2, 2025, which was approved by the Talent and Compensation Committee of the Company?s Board of Directors (the ? Board?) on May 30, 2025. Keith Swiniarski, the Company?s VP, Finance, was appointed by the Board as the Company?s Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer, effective June 5, 2025 (the ?
Swiniarski Promotion?). He will also continue to serve as VP, Finance following the Swiniarski Promotion. Mr. Swiniarski, age 47, has served at the Company as Vice President, Finance since February 2023, a position where he had oversight of global accounting and consolidations, SEC reporting, payroll, accounting systems, and internal controls.
He has more than twenty years of experience in accounting and more than fifteen years of experience leading accounting and financial functions for a variety of private and public companies. From January 2021 to February 2023, immediately prior to his employment with the Company, Mr. Swiniarski served as a Vice President, Controller at West Marine, a boating supply and fishing retail company, where he led all accounting, tax and shared services (accounts receivable and accounts payable) functions. From October 2015 to December 2020, Mr. Swiniarski served as Vice President, Accounting, and FP&A at Hollander Sleep Products LLC, a leading manufacturer of utility bedding products in the U.S. and Canada.
Additionally, he previously held senior accounting roles at Tyco International and ADT and started his professional accounting career at a ?Big 4? public accounting firm.
