---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001166928-23-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WTBA"
cik: "0001166928"
company_name: "WEST BANCORPORATION INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T22:29:49.918710+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Michael J. Gerdin will not stand for re-election to West Bancorporation board

## Summary
- Michael J. Gerdin will not stand for re-election at the 2023 annual meeting on April 27, 2023.
- Gerdin has served on the board since 2013 and on the Compensation Committee.
- His decision was not due to any disagreement with the company.
- Gerdin also resigned from the West Bank board, effective concurrently.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001166928-23-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WTBA
- cik: 0001166928
- company_name: WEST BANCORPORATION INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692823000012/0001166928-23-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692823000012/wtba-20230206.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001166928-23-000012
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001166928-23-000012.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001166928-23-000012.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael J. Gerdin departed as Director at WEST BANCORPORATION INC.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 6, 2023, Michael J. Gerdin informed West Bancorporation, Inc. (the Company) that he will not stand for re-election to the Company’s Board of Directors (the Board) at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of shareholders, scheduled to be held on April 27, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692823000012/0001166928-23-000012-index.htm

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