---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000920427-22-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNTY"
cik: "0000920427"
company_name: "UNITY BANCORP INC /NJ/"
filed_at: "2022-05-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T19:57:59.857128+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Unity Bancorp appoints Jim Donovan as Chief Lending Officer effective May 9, 2022

## Summary
- Jim Donovan, 58, named SVP and Chief Lending Officer of Unity Bank, effective May 9, 2022.
- Donovan brings over 35 years of experience, most recently as SVP at Bryn Mawr Trust.
- No employment agreement or related-party transactions were disclosed per the filing.
- Donovan will lead lending team to drive growth in small business and commercial banking.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000920427-22-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNTY
- cik: 0000920427
- company_name: UNITY BANCORP INC /NJ/
- filed_at: 2022-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/920427/000092042722000033/0000920427-22-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/920427/000092042722000033/unty-20220512x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000920427-22-000033
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000920427-22-000033.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000920427-22-000033.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jim Donovan was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Lending Officer at UNITY BANCORP INC /NJ/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Lending Officer
  source text: On May 9, 2022, Unity Bank (“Unity”), the Registrant’s wholly owned subsidiary, announced that industry veteran Jim Donovan will be joining the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Lending Officer, effective May 9, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/920427/000092042722000033/0000920427-22-000033-index.htm

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