---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-114073"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WD"
cik: "0001497770"
company_name: "Walker & Dunlop, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-06T20:30:57+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T16:14:00.587356+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Walker & Dunlop COO Stephen P. Theobald to retire March 31, 2027; duties split among other employees

## Summary
- Stephen P. Theobald, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, notified Walker & Dunlop on September 30, 2026 that he will retire effective March 31, 2027.
- No successor was named; Theobald's COO duties and responsibilities will be divided among other employees of the Company.
- Theobald will continue as EVP and COO until his retirement date and confirmed his decision is not the result of any disagreement with the Company on operations, policies or practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-114073
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WD
- cik: 0001497770
- company_name: Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-06T20:30:57+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497770/000110465926114073/0001104659-26-114073-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497770/000110465926114073/tm2627044d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-114073.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen P. Theobald departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Walker & Dunlop, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On September 30, 2026, Stephen P. Theobald, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer notified Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (the “Company”), that he will retire from the Company, effective March 31, 2027, on which date he will cease to serve as an officer and employee of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497770/000110465926114073/0001104659-26-114073-index.htm

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