---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-230295"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LPLA"
cik: "0001397911"
company_name: "LPL Financial Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2021-07-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T00:19:01.011482+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LPL Financial names Greg Gates as Chief Technology & Information Officer; Scott Seese departs after leave

## Summary
- Scott Seese (managing director, CIO) departs LPL effective July 30, 2021 after an extended leave of absence since February 2021.
- Greg Gates appointed managing director and Chief Technology & Information Officer, effective July 30, 2021.
- Gates had served as interim CIO since February 2021; he reports directly to CEO Dan Arnold.
- Gates brings nearly 20 years of FinTech experience, including senior roles at PayPal and Bank of America.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-230295
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LPLA
- cik: 0001397911
- company_name: LPL Financial Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1397911/000119312521230295/0001193125-21-230295-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1397911/000119312521230295/d374808d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-230295
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-230295.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-230295.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott Seese departed as managing director, chief information officer at LPL Financial Holdings Inc..
  - Action: will not return
  - Role: managing director, chief information officer
  source text: On July 27, 2021, LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) determined that Scott Seese, who has been on a leave of absence since February 2021, will not return to the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1397911/000119312521230295/0001193125-21-230295-index.htm

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