---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000714395-23-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GABC"
cik: "0000714395"
company_name: "GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC."
filed_at: "2023-03-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T16:30:31.886320+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# German American Bancorp names Michael F. Beckwith as Chief Banking Officer, succeeding retiring Randall L. Braun

## Summary
- Randall L. Braun, Executive VP and Chief Banking Officer, to retire effective April 1, 2023.
- Michael F. Beckwith appointed Executive VP and Chief Banking Officer, effective April 1, 2023.
- Beckwith, age 50, previously served as Chief Commercial Banking Officer since January 2022.
- Beckwith joined via First Security Bank acquisition in 2018, where he was President and CEO.
- No material changes to Beckwith's compensation; no family relationships or reportable transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000714395-23-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GABC
- cik: 0000714395
- company_name: GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-03-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439523000010/0000714395-23-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439523000010/gabc-20230227.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000714395-23-000010
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000714395-23-000010.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000714395-23-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Randall L. Braun departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer
  source text: Randall L. Braun, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer, and a named executive officer for the Company’s 2022 fiscal year, will retire effective April 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439523000010/0000714395-23-000010-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael F. Beckwith was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer
  source text: the Company’s Board of Directors, at a meeting held on February 27, 2023, appointed Michael F. Beckwith as Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer, which appointment shall become effective on April 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439523000010/0000714395-23-000010-index.htm

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