---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000715072-23-000153"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RNST"
cik: "0000715072"
company_name: "RENASANT CORP"
filed_at: "2023-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T18:32:58.560856+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Renasant appoints Kevin Chapman as President; Waycaster becomes Executive Vice Chairman

## Summary
- Kevin D. Chapman appointed President, retaining COO role, effective May 2, 2023.
- C. Mitchell Waycaster appointed Executive Vice Chairman, remaining CEO of Company and Bank.
- Chapman's base salary increased 5% for remainder of 2023; no other compensation changes.
- Chapman served as COO since 2018 and as CFO from 2011 to 2018 before promotion.
- Renasant, a 119-year-old bank, has ~$17.5B in assets and 196 offices across the Southeast.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000715072-23-000153
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RNST
- cik: 0000715072
- company_name: RENASANT CORP
- filed_at: 2023-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715072/000071507223000153/0000715072-23-000153-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715072/000071507223000153/rnst-20230502.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000715072-23-000153
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000715072-23-000153.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000715072-23-000153.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  C. Mitchell Waycaster was appointed as Executive Vice Chairman at RENASANT CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice Chairman
  source text: In addition, on the same day C. Mitchell Waycaster, who remains the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank, was appointed by the Board of Directors as Executive Vice Chairman of both companies.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715072/000071507223000153/0000715072-23-000153-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kevin D. Chapman was appointed as President at RENASANT CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: On May 2, 2023, the Board of Directors of Renasant Corporation (the “Company”) and Renasant Bank (the “Bank”) appointed Kevin D. Chapman as President of the Company and the Bank, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715072/000071507223000153/0000715072-23-000153-index.htm

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