---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001069157-22-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EWBC"
cik: "0001069157"
company_name: "EAST WEST BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2022-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T20:28:25.111945+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# East West Bancorp appoints Manuel P. Alvarez to board effective Jan. 1, 2022

## Summary
- Manuel P. Alvarez appointed director of East West Bancorp and East West Bank, effective January 1, 2022.
- Alvarez will serve on the Risk Oversight Committee of both the company and the bank.
- Board now has nine directors, eight of whom are independent.
- Compensation follows standard non-employee director program, prorated from appointment date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001069157-22-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EWBC
- cik: 0001069157
- company_name: EAST WEST BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2022-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915722000004/0001069157-22-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915722000004/ewbc-20220101.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001069157-22-000004
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001069157-22-000004.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001069157-22-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Manuel P. Alvarez was appointed as Director at EAST WEST BANCORP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 1, 2022, the Board of Directors of East West Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Manuel P. Alvarez as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915722000004/0001069157-22-000004-index.htm

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