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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000717538-25-000105"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AROW"
cik: "0000717538"
company_name: "ARROW FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2025-11-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T17:08:26.967387+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Arrow Financial appoints Darrin Jahnel as director effective Nov 25, 2025

## Summary
- Darrin Jahnel is founder/CEO of Jahnel Group, a 150-person software consulting firm in Schenectady, NY.
- He has over 25 years building/scaling tech companies; also founded InfoLink and acquired LTI (40-person firm).
- He will not join any Board committee initially; no related party transactions with Arrow.
- His compensation follows Arrow's standard director compensation policy (see Apr 24, 2025 proxy).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000717538-25-000105
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AROW
- cik: 0000717538
- company_name: ARROW FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2025-11-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717538/000071753825000105/0000717538-25-000105-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717538/000071753825000105/arow-20251125.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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