---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000351569-23-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABCB"
cik: "0000351569"
company_name: "Ameris Bancorp"
filed_at: "2023-08-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T05:50:42.656227+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ameris Bancorp CCO Edwards to retire March 31, 2024; Strange named successor

## Summary
- Jon S. Edwards, Corporate EVP and Chief Credit Officer of Ameris Bancorp and Ameris Bank, to retire effective March 31, 2024 after 25 years.
- Doug Strange, Managing Director of Credit Administration, appointed as successor effective April 1, 2024.
- Transition period from August 2023 to March 2024 ensures orderly handover of duties.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000351569-23-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABCB
- cik: 0000351569
- company_name: Ameris Bancorp
- filed_at: 2023-08-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351569/000035156923000025/0000351569-23-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351569/000035156923000025/abcb-20230822.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000351569-23-000025
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000351569-23-000025.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000351569-23-000025.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Doug Strange was appointed as Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer at Ameris Bancorp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer
  source text: The Company also announced the appointment of Doug Strange to succeed Mr. Edwards as of April 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351569/000035156923000025/0000351569-23-000025-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jon S. Edwards departed as Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer at Ameris Bancorp.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer
  source text: On August 22, 2023, Ameris Bancorp (the “Company”) announced that Jon S. Edwards, Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of the Company and its wholly owned banking subsidiary Ameris Bank (the “Bank”), has notified the Company that he intends to retire from both the Company and the Bank effective March 31, 2024, after 25 years of service.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351569/000035156923000025/0000351569-23-000025-index.htm

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