---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000737468-22-000097"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WASH"
cik: "0000737468"
company_name: "WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2022-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T04:26:26.251720+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Washington Trust CEO Mark Gim to retire April 2023; Mary Noons named successor as President and COO

## Summary
- Mark K.W. Gim to retire as President and COO effective April 25, 2023, after 30 years.
- Mary E. Noons appointed President and COO effective April 26, 2023; first female to hold role in 222-year history.
- Gim elected to Board of Directors effective immediately, serving until 2023 Annual Meeting.
- Noons promoted to Senior Executive Vice President immediately; search underway for Chief Retail Lending Officer.
- Noons has been with Washington Trust since 1992, leading mortgage and consumer lending since 2016.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000737468-22-000097
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WASH
- cik: 0000737468
- company_name: WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2022-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737468/000073746822000097/0000737468-22-000097-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737468/000073746822000097/wash-20221212.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000737468-22-000097.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mary E. Noons was appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer at WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: and to President and Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation and the Bank, effective April 26, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737468/000073746822000097/0000737468-22-000097-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mary E. Noons was appointed as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Retail Lending Officer at WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Retail Lending Officer
  source text: the respective Boards of Directors of the Corporation and the Bank appointed Mary E. Noons, 61, as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Retail Lending Officer of the Bank effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737468/000073746822000097/0000737468-22-000097-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark K.W. Gim was elected as Director at WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board of Directors of the Corporation elected Mr. Gim to serve as a Director of the Corporation, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737468/000073746822000097/0000737468-22-000097-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark K.W. Gim departed as President and Chief Operating Officer at WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Mark K.W. Gim informed the Board of Directors of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. (the “Corporation”) of his intent to retire as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation and The Washington Trust Company (the “Bank”) on April 25, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737468/000073746822000097/0000737468-22-000097-index.htm

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