---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001050441-26-000073"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EGBN"
cik: "0001050441"
company_name: "EAGLE BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-12T12:02:50+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-12T12:07:36.567102+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eagle Bancorp appoints Stephen Curley as President and CEO effective July 6, 2026; Susan Riel retires

## Summary
- Stephen Curley, former Western Alliance Bank executive, named President and CEO of Eagle Bancorp and EagleBank, effective July 6, 2026; also joins board.
- Susan Riel retires as CEO on July 5, 2026, remains director if re-elected, and will consult for 12 months at $94K/month.
- Curley receives $1.05M base salary, $250K sign-on bonus, $1.2M initial equity grant, and $2M make-whole equity grant.
- Curley eligible for annual target bonus of 100% of salary and long-term incentive target of 150% of salary in 2027.
- Curley's employment agreement includes two-year initial term, severance provisions, and non-competition covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001050441-26-000073
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EGBN
- cik: 0001050441
- company_name: EAGLE BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-12T12:02:50+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050441/000105044126000073/0001050441-26-000073-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050441/000105044126000073/gnw-20260507.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001050441-26-000073
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001050441-26-000073.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001050441-26-000073.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Susan Riel retired as President and Chief Executive Officer at EAGLE BANCORP INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Susan Riel will retire as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank, with her last day of service being July 5, 2026, while remaining a director of the Company and the Bank if she is re-elected to the Company board at the upcoming Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050441/000105044126000073/0001050441-26-000073-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stephen R. Curley was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at EAGLE BANCORP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Effective July 6, 2026 (the “Start Date”), Stephen R. Curley, age 55, will assume the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) and its wholly owned subsidiary EagleBank (the “Bank”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050441/000105044126000073/0001050441-26-000073-index.htm

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