---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000893847-24-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWBK"
cik: "0000893847"
company_name: "HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-09-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:43:50.830637+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bob Regnier elected to Hawthorn boards as advisory director, effective Sept 3, 2024

## Summary
- Bob Regnier elected to boards of Hawthorn Bancshares and Hawthorn Bank as non-voting advisory director, effective Sept 3, 2024.
- Regnier, former CEO of Bank of Blue Valley, will provide strategic advice and expand Hawthorn's presence in Kansas City metro.
- CEO Brent Giles cites Regnier's experience and shared commitment to community banking.
- Regnier's compensation will follow standard non-employee director arrangements as described in proxy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000893847-24-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWBK
- cik: 0000893847
- company_name: HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-09-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384724000018/0000893847-24-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384724000018/hwbk-20240903.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000893847-24-000018
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000893847-24-000018.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000893847-24-000018.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bob Regnier was elected as non-voting advisory director at HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: non-voting advisory director
  source text: On September 3, 2024, Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") announced that Bob Regnier has been elected to serve on both the Company's and Hawthorn Bank's board of directors as a non-voting advisory director, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893847/000089384724000018/0000893847-24-000018-index.htm

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