UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 9, 2018
Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE | 001-35253 | 20-5441563 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
24911 Avenue Stanford
Valencia, California 91355
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (661) 775-7200
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
(c) On February 9, 2018, Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Board of Directors appointed Rasmus van der Colff to serve as the Company’s Vice President and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer), effective February 12, 2018. Kerry A. Shiba, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer), had been serving as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer on an interim basis prior to Mr. van der Colff’s appointment.
Mr. van der Colff, age 52, has over 25 years of experience in the finance and accounting organizations of multinational corporations, most recently serving as Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President Finance and Investor Relations since 2009 at Guidance Software, Inc., a publicly-traded cybersecurity and forensic software developer, which was acquired by Open Text Corporation in September 2017. Prior to that, Mr. van der Colff served as Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President Corporate Controller at THQ Inc., a publicly-traded developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software, from 2007 to 2009. He also previously served as Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President Finance at SeeBeyond Technology Corporation (“SeeBeyond”), a publicly-traded business integration software developer, from 2000 to 2005, and after SeeBeyond’s acquisition by Sun Microsystems, Inc. (“Sun Microsystems”) in 2005, as Sun Microsystems’ Senior Director of Global Accounting from 2005 to 2007. Before joining SeeBeyond, Mr. van der Colff served as Vice President, Finance from 1997 to 2000 and Corporate Controller from 1993 to 1997 at Activision, Inc., a videogame software developer and publisher, and as Corporate Internal Auditor from 1990 to 1993 at Live Entertainment, a home video and music distributor and retailer. He began his career in public accounting at KPMG LLP, where he worked from 1987 to 1990. Mr. van der Colff received his bachelor’s degree and honors degree in accounting from the University of Pretoria and the University of South Africa, respectively, and is a certified public accountant (inactive).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
WESCO AIRCRAFT HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
Date: February 12, 2018 | By: | /s/ Kerry A. Shiba |
Kerry A. Shiba Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||