---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000943374-22-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PFS"
cik: "0001178970"
company_name: "PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2022-01-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T20:06:55.506358+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Provident Financial appoints Anthony Labozzetta as President and CEO; Christopher Martin becomes Executive Chairman

## Summary
- Anthony Labozzetta named President and CEO of Provident Financial and Provident Bank effective Jan 1, 2022, succeeding Chris Martin.
- Christopher Martin becomes Executive Chairman with a two-year term through Dec 31, 2023; base salary of no less than $450,000.
- Martin's severance includes lump sum of base salary for remaining term plus insurance; change-in-control agreement provides 3x average annual compensation.
- Labozzetta previously served as President and COO, joining Provident via the SB One Bancorp acquisition in July 2020.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000943374-22-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PFS
- cik: 0001178970
- company_name: PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2022-01-06T23:59:59+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/1178970/000094337422000008/0000943374-22-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000094337422000008/form8k_123121.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000943374-22-000008
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000943374-22-000008.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000943374-22-000008.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher Martin was appointed as Executive Chairman at PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: Christopher Martin, age 65, who currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Provident Financial and the Bank, has been appointed Executive Chairman of Provident Financial and the Bank.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000094337422000008/0000943374-22-000008-index.htm
- Executive change
  Anthony Labozzetta was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Anthony Labozzetta, who currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of Provident Financial Services, Inc. (“Provident Financial”) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Provident Bank (the “Bank”), has been appointed to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of Provident Financial and the Bank.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000094337422000008/0000943374-22-000008-index.htm

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