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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000868671-26-000071"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GBCI"
cik: "0000868671"
company_name: "GLACIER BANCORP, INC."
filed_at: "2026-08-31T20:32:47+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-31T20:34:30.853002+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Glacier Bancorp names Byron Pollan Deputy CFO, successor to CFO Ron Copher in 2027

## Summary
- Byron Pollan appointed SVP and Deputy CFO of Glacier Bancorp and Glacier Bank, effective September 1, 2026.
- He will succeed Ron Copher as EVP and CFO in mid-2027 after Copher's planned retirement; Copher stays as advisor.
- Pollan brings 27 years of experience; served as SVP and Treasurer since January 2017, previously at CIT Bank and Freddie Mac.
- CEO Randy Chesler called Pollan the 'clear, unanimous choice' after an extensive internal and external search.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000868671-26-000071
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GBCI
- cik: 0000868671
- company_name: GLACIER BANCORP, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-08-31T20:32:47+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/868671/000086867126000071/0000868671-26-000071-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/868671/000086867126000071/gbci-20260827.htm

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