secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP (WTFC)
CIK:        0001015328
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001015328-23-000024
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Wintrust director Crowther resigns; Brian Kenney appointed to board
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- Bruce K. Crowther resigned from the board effective Dec 31, 2022, for personal reasons after 20+ years.
- No disagreement with Wintrust's operations, policies, or practices led to the resignation.
- Elizabeth H. Connelly replaced Crowther as chair of the Compensation Committee.
- Brian A. Kenney appointed effective Jan 1, 2023, to fill the vacancy; will serve on IT/Info Security and Risk Committees.
- Kenney is independent under Nasdaq standards; no arrangements or reportable transactions with the company.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015328/000101532823000024/0001015328-23-000024-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015328/000101532823000024/wtfc-20221230.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001015328-23-000024

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