---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000860413-26-000078"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FIBK"
cik: "0000860413"
company_name: "FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM INC"
filed_at: "2026-07-16T20:06:43+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-16T20:08:13.498764+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Interstate BancSystem appoints Matthew Ritter and Kevin Turner to board

## Summary
- Appointed July 13, 2026 as Class II directors with terms expiring at 2029 annual meeting.
- Ritter has 25+ years in finance/real estate/energy; Turner was COO of Microsoft (2005-2016).
- Ritter joins Risk and Technology committees; Turner joins Audit and Technology committees.
- Board expands to 13 members: 4 Class I, 5 Class II, 4 Class III directors.
- Both directors deemed independent under NASDAQ rules; standard non-employee compensation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000860413-26-000078
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FIBK
- cik: 0000860413
- company_name: FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM INC
- filed_at: 2026-07-16T20:06:43+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860413/000086041326000078/0000860413-26-000078-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860413/000086041326000078/fibk-20260713.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000860413-26-000078
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000860413-26-000078.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000860413-26-000078.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew Ritter was appointed as Director at FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 13, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Mr. Matthew Ritter and Mr. Kevin Turner to serve as Class II directors on the Board, each with a term expiring at the Company’s 2029 annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860413/000086041326000078/0000860413-26-000078-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kevin Turner was appointed as Director at FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 13, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Mr. Matthew Ritter and Mr. Kevin Turner to serve as Class II directors on the Board, each with a term expiring at the Company’s 2029 annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860413/000086041326000078/0000860413-26-000078-index.htm

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