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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Valaris (VAL)

Valaris names Melissa Barron principal accounting officer effective March 1, 2024

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

Valaris Limited said Melissa Barron will become principal accounting officer effective March 1, 2024, succeeding Colleen Grable, who will remain with the company as Vice President – Chief Human Resources Officer. The filing also says named executive officer Darin Gibbins will take a Vice President – Corporate Finance role, while continuing as Vice President – Investor Relations and Treasurer until March 1, 2024. The changes are administrative leadership moves with no financial results or guidance in the filing.

Key points

  • Melissa Barron, age 43, becomes principal accounting officer effective March 1, 2024, with a $260,000 base salary
  • Barron's annual target short-term incentive award is 35% of base salary; annual target long-term equity grant is 70% of base salary
  • Colleen Grable moves to Vice President – Chief Human Resources Officer
  • Darin Gibbins will assume Vice President – Corporate Finance; he remains Investor Relations and Treasurer until March 1, 2024

The filing

CompanyValaris (VAL)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECDec 15, 2023, 4:35 PM ET
Accession number0000314808-23-000133

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:05 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on December 15, 2023.

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