---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000318300-23-000293"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PEBO"
cik: "0000318300"
company_name: "PEOPLES BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2023-07-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T10:18:41.158607+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Peoples Bancorp CEO Sulerzyski to retire March 31, 2024; Tyler Wilcox elected successor

## Summary
- Chuck Sulerzyski, 66, retires as President & CEO of Peoples and Peoples Bank effective March 31, 2024, and from boards.
- Tyler Wilcox, 44, elected next President & CEO effective April 1, 2024; will serve as Senior EVP, COO in transitional role.
- Wilcox has been with Peoples since 2008, currently EVP Community Banking; responsible for multiple business lines.
- Sulerzyski led growth from $1.8B to $8.8B in total assets over 12 years.
- Search underway for Wilcox's successor as EVP Community Banking.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000318300-23-000293
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PEBO
- cik: 0000318300
- company_name: PEOPLES BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2023-07-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830023000293/0000318300-23-000293-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830023000293/pebo-20230711.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000318300-23-000293
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000318300-23-000293.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000318300-23-000293.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Tyler J. Wilcox was elected as Director at PEOPLES BANCORP INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Wilcox will also be elected as a director of each of Peoples and Peoples Bank effective April 1, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830023000293/0000318300-23-000293-index.htm
- Executive change
  Charles W. Sulerzyski retired as President and Chief Executive Officer at PEOPLES BANCORP INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On July 11, 2023, Charles W. Sulerzyski, President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Peoples Bancorp Inc. (“Peoples”) notified Peoples of his intention to retire from his position as President and CEO of each of Peoples and Peoples’ banking subsidiary, Peoples Bank, effective March 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830023000293/0000318300-23-000293-index.htm
- Executive change
  Tyler J. Wilcox was appointed as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer at PEOPLES BANCORP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Mr. Wilcox, who has been an employee of Peoples since 2008, will serve in the position of Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, of each of Peoples and Peoples Bank in a transitional role through March 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830023000293/0000318300-23-000293-index.htm
- Executive change
  Tyler J. Wilcox was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at PEOPLES BANCORP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Boards of Directors of Peoples and Peoples Bank elected Tyler J. Wilcox, 44, to serve as the next President and CEO of each of Peoples and Peoples Bank effective April 1, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830023000293/0000318300-23-000293-index.htm

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