---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001004702-23-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OCFC"
cik: "0001004702"
company_name: "OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T01:38:50.718576+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# OceanFirst Financial names Patrick Chong Principal Accounting Officer; Ho moves to CCO

## Summary
- Angela K. Ho transitions from Principal Accounting Officer to Chief Compliance Officer effective Feb 1, 2023.
- Patrick Chong, 34, SVP & Corporate Controller, appointed new Principal Accounting Officer effective Feb 1, 2023.
- Chong joined OceanFirst in Sept 2020 as SVP & Corporate Controller; prior Senior Manager at KPMG LLP.
- Chong holds a BS in Accounting from Rutgers College and is a CPA.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001004702-23-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OCFC
- cik: 0001004702
- company_name: OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004702/000100470223000009/0001004702-23-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004702/000100470223000009/ocfc-20230130.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patrick Chong was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP.
  - Action: began service as
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: Patrick Chong, age 34, Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller of the Company began service as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004702/000100470223000009/0001004702-23-000009-index.htm
- Executive change
  Angela K. Ho changed role as Chief Compliance Officer at OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP.
  - Action: assumed position of
  - Role: Chief Compliance Officer
  source text: Angela K. Ho, OceanFirst Financial Corp’s (the “Company”) Principal Accounting Officer, has assumed the position of Chief Compliance Officer of the Company and OceanFirst Bank, N.A.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004702/000100470223000009/0001004702-23-000009-index.htm

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