---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000875357-21-000066"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BOKF"
cik: "0000875357"
company_name: "BOK FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2021-12-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T04:41:40.133468+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BOK Financial CEO Steve Bradshaw to retire Dec 31; COO Stacy Kymes becomes CEO Jan 1, 2022

## Summary
- CEO Steve Bradshaw retires Dec 31, 2021; COO Stacy Kymes assumes President/CEO role Jan 1, 2022.
- Bradshaw joined BOKF in 1991, became CEO in 2014; assets grew from $27B to $47B under his leadership.
- Kymes has 25 years at BOKF, served as COO, chief auditor, M&A director, and chief credit officer.
- Kymes was announced as incoming CEO in August 2021, with a planned orderly transition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000875357-21-000066
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BOKF
- cik: 0000875357
- company_name: BOK FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2021-12-01T23:59:59+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/875357/000087535721000066/0000875357-21-000066-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875357/000087535721000066/bokf-20211201.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000875357-21-000066
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000875357-21-000066.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000875357-21-000066.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stacy Kymes changed role as President and Chief Executive Officer at BOK FINANCIAL CORP.
  - Action: assume
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Chief Operating Officer Stacy Kymes, who was previously announced as the incoming President and Chief Executive Officer, will assume the company’s leadership role as of January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875357/000087535721000066/0000875357-21-000066-index.htm
- Executive change
  Steven G. Bradshaw departed as Chief Executive Officer and President at BOK FINANCIAL CORP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: BOK Financial Chief Executive Officer and President Steven G. Bradshaw will retire as of December 31, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875357/000087535721000066/0000875357-21-000066-index.htm

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