---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000708955-23-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FFBC"
cik: "0000708955"
company_name: "FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/"
filed_at: "2023-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T23:55:49.975585+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# COO John Gavigan to depart April 1; CFO James Anderson adds COO role

## Summary
- John Gavigan, Chief Operating Officer, will separate from the Company effective April 1, 2023.
- Gavigan's separation treated as termination without 'Cause'; severance paid under his agreement.
- James M. Anderson, current CFO, will become CFO and Chief Operating Officer effective April 1, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000708955-23-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FFBC
- cik: 0000708955
- company_name: FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/
- filed_at: 2023-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895523000022/0000708955-23-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895523000022/ffbc-20230316.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000708955-23-000022
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000708955-23-000022.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000708955-23-000022.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Gavigan departed as Chief Operating Officer at FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/.
  - Action: separate
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On March 16, 2023 , First Financial Bancorp. (the “Company”) announced that John Gavigan, Chief Operating Officer, will separate from the Company on April 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895523000022/0000708955-23-000022-index.htm
- Executive change
  James M. Anderson changed role as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/.
  - Action: become
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Effective April 1, 2023, James M. Anderson, currently the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, will become the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895523000022/0000708955-23-000022-index.htm

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