---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-116718"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HNVR"
cik: "0001828588"
company_name: "Hanover Bancorp, Inc. /MD"
filed_at: "2021-09-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T03:02:25.285100+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hanover Bancorp appoints Lance P. Burke as CFO; Finneran remains President

## Summary
- Lance P. Burke appointed EVP & CFO effective Sept 13, 2021, overseeing financial management.
- Brian K. Finneran will remain as President, focusing on corporate strategy and operations.
- Burke joined Hanover in May 2021 as Deputy CFO; previously SVP & Controller at Dime Bank.
- Burke enters into amended change-in-control agreement with 3-year term providing severance payments.
- CEO Michael Puorro says this positions for growth as Savoy Bank integration progresses.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-116718
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HNVR
- cik: 0001828588
- company_name: Hanover Bancorp, Inc. /MD
- filed_at: 2021-09-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828588/000110465921116718/0001104659-21-116718-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828588/000110465921116718/tm2127762d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-116718
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-116718.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-116718.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brian K. Finneran changed role as President at Hanover Bancorp, Inc. /MD.
  - Action: continued as President
  - Role: President
  source text: In conjunction with that appointment, Mr. Brian K. Finneran, the President and Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant and the Bank, will continue as the President of the Registrant and the Bank, concentrating on corporate strategy and overseeing certain operations of the Registrant and the Bank.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828588/000110465921116718/0001104659-21-116718-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lance P. Burke was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Hanover Bancorp, Inc. /MD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 13, 2021, Mr. Lance P. Burke was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant and its wholly-owned subsidiary Hanover Community Bank, a New York state chartered commercial bank (the “Bank”) (see paragraph (c) below).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828588/000110465921116718/0001104659-21-116718-index.htm

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