---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-21-005252"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSBC"
cik: "0000203596"
company_name: "WESBANCO INC"
filed_at: "2021-12-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T00:16:47.962435+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wesbanco appoints Daniel K. Weiss as CFO effective Jan 1, 2022; Robert H. Young retires

## Summary
- Robert H. Young, SEVP & CFO, retires Dec 31, 2021; will provide consulting Jan–Jun 2022.
- Daniel K. Weiss appointed EVP & CFO effective Jan 1, 2022; previously SVP & CAO since Jan 2021.
- Employment agreement provides minimum $325k base salary, bonus up to 75% of base, and severance of 6 months base (or greater of that or remainder of term).
- Change in control agreement provides 2 times (highest base salary + greater of average bonus or current year bonus) on qualifying termination post-change.
- Weiss, 39, is a CPA with 17 years experience; joined Wesbanco in 2008 from Deloitte.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-21-005252
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSBC
- cik: 0000203596
- company_name: WESBANCO INC
- filed_at: 2021-12-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/203596/000095017021005252/0000950170-21-005252-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/203596/000095017021005252/wsbc-20211216.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-21-005252.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Daniel K. Weiss was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at WESBANCO INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Daniel K. Weiss as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/203596/000095017021005252/0000950170-21-005252-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert H. Young departed as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Group Head – Finance at WESBANCO INC.
  - Action: retirement
  - Role: Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Group Head – Finance
  source text: the retirement of Robert H. Young, Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Group Head – Finance of Wesbanco, Inc. (the “Company”) will become effective on December 31, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/203596/000095017021005252/0000950170-21-005252-index.htm

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