---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-21-001234"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FBP"
cik: "0001057706"
company_name: "FIRST BANCORP /PR/"
filed_at: "2021-10-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T19:02:25.765457+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First BanCorp appoints Said Ortiz as Chief Accounting Officer effective Oct 15, 2021

## Summary
- Said Ortiz, previously Assistant Controller, named CAO; replaces Orlando Berges who served as interim CAO since Feb 2020.
- Ortiz has over 14 years of public accounting experience, including roles at KPMG and Ernst & Young.
- No material arrangements, family relationships, or transactions with the company in the past fiscal year.
- Ortiz will continue to serve as Controller and Senior Vice President.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-21-001234
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FBP
- cik: 0001057706
- company_name: FIRST BANCORP /PR/
- filed_at: 2021-10-21T23:59:59+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/1057706/000115752321001234/0001157523-21-001234-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1057706/000115752321001234/a52513746.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-001234
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-001234.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-21-001234.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Said Ortiz was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at FIRST BANCORP /PR/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Effective October 15, 2021, First BanCorp. (the “Corporation”) appointed Mr. Said Ortiz, the Corporation’s Controller and Senior Vice President, to serve as the Corporation’s Chief Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1057706/000115752321001234/0001157523-21-001234-index.htm

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