---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-001623"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SFBS"
cik: "0001430723"
company_name: "ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T23:51:23.477826+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ServisFirst CFO William Foshee to retire Feb 2024; Kirk Pressley named successor

## Summary
- William 'Bud' Foshee retires after filing of Form 10-K in February 2024; served as founding CFO for 19 years.
- Company grew from $35M initial stock sale to $16B assets under Foshee's tenure.
- Kirk Pressley appointed CFO; previously CFO of BBVA Compass (2015-2021) and joined ServisFirst in July 2023.
- Pressley's compensation unchanged as a result of the appointment; no family relationships or transactions per Item 404(a).
- Finance team includes long-time controllers Ed Woodie and Davis Mange; Mark Tarnakow recently joined as VP.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-001623
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SFBS
- cik: 0001430723
- company_name: ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1430723/000115752323001623/0001157523-23-001623-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1430723/000115752323001623/a53738336.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001623.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kirk Pressley was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Board appointed Kirk Pressley to succeed Mr. Foshee as Chief Financial Officer following Mr. Foshee’s retirement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1430723/000115752323001623/0001157523-23-001623-index.htm
- Executive change
  William "Bud" Foshee departed as Chief Financial Officer at ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On November 1, 2023, William “Bud” Foshee, Chief Financial Officer of ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. (“ServisFirst”), notified the Board of Directors (“Board”) of ServisFirst that he will retire from the position of Chief Financial Officer effective after the filing of the Form 10-K in February of 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1430723/000115752323001623/0001157523-23-001623-index.htm

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