---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000779152-24-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JKHY"
cik: "0000779152"
company_name: "JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC"
filed_at: "2024-03-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T00:14:49.739521+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jack Henry appoints Shanon McLachlan as COO effective July 1, 2024

## Summary
- McLachlan, previously President of Credit Union Solutions since 2019, becomes SVP and COO.
- New COO will oversee all business lines, operations, and infrastructure, reporting to incoming CEO Adelson.
- Follows previously announced elevation of President Greg Adelson to President and CEO on same date.
- McLachlan joined Jack Henry in 2015, led ProfitStars before Credit Union Solutions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000779152-24-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JKHY
- cik: 0000779152
- company_name: JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC
- filed_at: 2024-03-11T23:59:59+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/779152/000077915224000021/0000779152-24-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779152/000077915224000021/jkhy-20240311.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000779152-24-000021
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000779152-24-000021.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000779152-24-000021.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Shanon G. McLachlan was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On March 11, 2024, Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Shanon G. McLachlan as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective July 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779152/000077915224000021/0000779152-24-000021-index.htm

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