John Boken will cease performing the duties of interim Chief Transformation Officer at Beyond Meat, Inc. effective October 7, 2026. The company disclosed this leadership transition in a Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2026. Lubi Kutua, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, signed the report on behalf of the registrant.
The departure follows a series of appointments previously reported by Beyond Meat. On August 6, 2025, the company disclosed that Boken was appointed as interim Chief Transformation Officer effective that date. In a subsequent filing on July 30, 2026, Beyond Meat reported entering into an offer letter with Brijesh Krishnaswamy to serve as Chief Operating Officer on a part-time basis beginning August 24, 2026. The company expected his employment to convert to full-time status on September 30, 2026.
Upon Krishnaswamy's commencement of full-time employment on September 30, 2026, Boken stopped performing duties as Chief Operations Officer, a role he had assumed on an interim basis effective May 17, 2026. The filing states that Krishnaswamy and other members of the company's senior leadership team will assume Boken's responsibilities as interim Chief Transformation Officer.
Beyond Meat is incorporated in Delaware and maintains its principal executive offices at 888 N. Douglas Street, Suite 100, El Segundo, California. The company's common stock, which has a par value of $0.0001, trades on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC under the symbol BYND.