---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-000866"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWC"
cik: "0000750577"
company_name: "HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP"
filed_at: "2024-01-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T04:56:50.024493+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hancock Whitney President Joseph Exnicios retiring March 1, 2024

## Summary
- Joseph S. Exnicios, Senior EVP and President of Hancock Whitney Bank, announced retirement effective March 1, 2024.
- Successor not named; company has not announced replacement plans.
- Exnicios served in the role since [not disclosed]; departure is a voluntary retirement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-000866
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWC
- cik: 0000750577
- company_name: HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP
- filed_at: 2024-01-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000095017024000866/0000950170-24-000866-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000095017024000866/hwc-20240103.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-000866
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-000866.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph S. Exnicios retired as Senior Executive Vice President of Hancock Whitney Corporation and President of Hancock Whitney Bank at HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Senior Executive Vice President of Hancock Whitney Corporation and President of Hancock Whitney Bank
  source text: On January 2, 2024, Joseph S. Exnicios, Senior Executive Vice President of Hancock Whitney Corporation (the "Company”) and President of Hancock Whitney Bank, the wholly owned banking subsidiary of the Company, announced his retirement from the Company, effective March 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750577/000095017024000866/0000950170-24-000866-index.htm

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