---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001025835-23-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EFSC"
cik: "0001025835"
company_name: "ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP"
filed_at: "2023-02-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T08:34:06.071154+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Enterprise Financial Chair John Eulich to retire; Michael DeCola named successor

## Summary
- John Eulich will retire as Board Chairperson and not stand for re-election at the 2023 Annual Meeting.
- Michael DeCola, current Vice Chairperson, has been designated by the Board to succeed as Chairperson after the Annual Meeting.
- Eulich served as Chair since 2016 and on the Board since 2010; retirement is under company policy, not due to any disagreement.
- DeCola's appointment is subject to his re-election to the Board at the Annual Meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001025835-23-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EFSC
- cik: 0001025835
- company_name: ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP
- filed_at: 2023-02-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025835/000102583523000015/0001025835-23-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025835/000102583523000015/efsc-20230210.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001025835-23-000015
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001025835-23-000015.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001025835-23-000015.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Eulich retired as Chairperson of the Board at ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chairperson of the Board
  source text: John Eulich, Chairperson of the Board, would retire when his current term expires at the 2023 Annual Shareholders Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”), and has therefore elected not to stand for re-election.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025835/000102583523000015/0001025835-23-000015-index.htm

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