---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000857855-22-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UCB"
cik: "0000857855"
company_name: "UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T22:57:31.285993+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UCBI appoints George Bell to Board, increasing size to 12

## Summary
- George Bell appointed as director on Aug 17, 2022, to fill vacancy from board expansion from 11 to 12 members.
- Bell is independent under Nasdaq standards; no related party transactions reported.
- Most recently EVP at Truist (2019-2021); previously 30 years at BB&T and 9 at Bank of America.
- CEO cites Bell's IT and software engineering expertise as critical for growth in Southeast markets.
- Bell to serve until next annual meeting; committee assignments pending.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000857855-22-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UCB
- cik: 0000857855
- company_name: UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785522000048/0000857855-22-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785522000048/ucbi-20220817.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000857855-22-000048
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000857855-22-000048.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000857855-22-000048.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  George B. Bell was appointed as Board member at UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Board member
  source text: On August 17, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of United Community Banks, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) appointed George B. Bell to serve as a Board member until the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785522000048/0000857855-22-000048-index.htm

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