---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000049196-24-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HBAN"
cik: "0000049196"
company_name: "HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/"
filed_at: "2024-01-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T01:07:57.521163+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Huntington Bancshares CTO Paul Heller to retire March 1; three executives promoted to leadership team

## Summary
- Paul Heller, CTO & COO, will retire effective March 1, 2024 after leading IT, operations, digital, payments.
- Amit Dhingra, Kendall Kowalski, and Prashant Nateri join executive leadership team, reporting to CEO.
- Dhingra (Chief Enterprise Payments Officer), Kowalski (CIO), Nateri (Chief Corporate Operations Officer) all internal.
- Heller joined Huntington in 2012; prior roles included managing director at JPMorgan Chase.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000049196-24-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HBAN
- cik: 0000049196
- company_name: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
- filed_at: 2024-01-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919624000003/0000049196-24-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919624000003/hban-20240110.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000049196-24-000003
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000049196-24-000003.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000049196-24-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Paul G. Heller departed as Chief Technology and Operations Officer at HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Technology and Operations Officer
  source text: On January 10, 2024, Paul G. Heller, the Chief Technology and Operations Officer of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (the “Company”), notified the Company of his intention to retire, effective March 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919624000003/0000049196-24-000003-index.htm

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