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Issuer:     WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP (WTFC)
CIK:        0001015328
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001015328-25-000194
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Wintrust Financial adds two new directors: Laura Kohl (Morningstar CIO) and David Richter (GCM Grosvenor)
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- Appointed effective October 1, 2025, expanding board to 14 members.
- Kohl (Morningstar CIO) joins Risk Management and IT & Info Security Committees.
- Richter (GCM Grosvenor MD) joins Audit and Finance Committees.
- Both directors are independent under Nasdaq listing standards.
- No arrangements or transactions with the company under Item 404(a).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015328/000101532825000194/0001015328-25-000194-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015328/000101532825000194/wtfc-20251001.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001015328-25-000194

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