---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001084961-22-000109"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECPG"
cik: "0001084961"
company_name: "ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2022-10-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T05:18:03.356582+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Principal accounting officer Peter Reck to resign April 2023; CFO Jonathan Clark to assume role

## Summary
- Peter Reck, principal accounting officer, to resign effective April 1, 2023; resignation is personal, no disagreement with company.
- CFO Jonathan Clark will become principal accounting officer upon Reck's departure; no additional compensation for Clark.
- Clark previously served as principal accounting officer from Feb 2015 to May 2021.
- Clark remains CFO and will not receive extra compensation for the added role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001084961-22-000109
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECPG
- cik: 0001084961
- company_name: ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2022-10-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084961/000108496122000109/0001084961-22-000109-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084961/000108496122000109/ecpg-20221004.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001084961-22-000109.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter Reck resigned as principal accounting officer at ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: On October 4, 2022, Peter Reck, the principal accounting officer of Encore Capital Group, Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Company that he will resign from his positions at the Company effective April 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084961/000108496122000109/0001084961-22-000109-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jonathan Clark was appointed as principal accounting officer at ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC.
  - Action: will assume
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: Effective immediately following Mr. Reck’s resignation, Jonathan Clark, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, will assume the role of principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084961/000108496122000109/0001084961-22-000109-index.htm

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