---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000314489-23-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BUSE"
cik: "0000314489"
company_name: "FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/"
filed_at: "2023-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T19:11:49.287110+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Busey appoints Scott A. Phillips as Principal Accounting Officer effective March 1, 2023

## Summary
- Lynette M. Strode appointed Senior Accounting Director and Corporate Reporting Manager; previously served as Principal Accounting Officer since March 2020.
- Scott A. Phillips appointed Principal Accounting Officer; continues as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller.
- Phillips, age 44, joined First Busey in 2019; prior role was Chief Accounting Officer at FCB Financial Holdings.
- Phillips' compensation includes annual base salary, incentive bonus opportunity, and equity incentive plan eligibility.
- No arrangement or understanding with any person regarding Phillips' selection; no related-party transactions disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000314489-23-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BUSE
- cik: 0000314489
- company_name: FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/
- filed_at: 2023-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/314489/000031448923000012/0000314489-23-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/314489/000031448923000012/buse-20230301.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000314489-23-000012
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000314489-23-000012.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000314489-23-000012.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott A. Phillips was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: Effective March 1, 2023, Scott A. Phillips was appointed the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/314489/000031448923000012/0000314489-23-000012-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lynette M. Strode was appointed as Senior Accounting Director and Corporate Reporting Manager at FIRST BUSEY CORP /NV/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Accounting Director and Corporate Reporting Manager
  source text: Effective March 1, 2023, Lynette M. Strode was appointed Senior Accounting Director and Corporate Reporting Manager.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/314489/000031448923000012/0000314489-23-000012-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.