---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000857855-23-000069"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UCB"
cik: "0000857855"
company_name: "UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC"
filed_at: "2023-12-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T19:05:46.699674+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# United Community Banks appoints John M. James to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Appointment effective December 1, 2023; board expanded from 11 to 12 directors.
- James brings 35+ years of experience, including 17 years at Bank of America as SVP – Corporate Controller.
- He also joined the board of wholly-owned subsidiary United Community Bank.
- Background includes M&A integration (MBNA, Countrywide, Merrill Lynch) and regulatory expertise.
- James retired from Bank of America in June 2022; no related-party transactions disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000857855-23-000069
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UCB
- cik: 0000857855
- company_name: UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC
- filed_at: 2023-12-04T23:59:59+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/857855/000085785523000069/0000857855-23-000069-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785523000069/ucbi-20231201.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000857855-23-000069
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000857855-23-000069.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000857855-23-000069.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John M. James was appointed as Board member at UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Board member
  source text: Effective December 1, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of United Community Banks, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed John M. James to serve as a Board member until the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785523000069/0000857855-23-000069-index.htm

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