---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-191367"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSBC"
cik: "0000203596"
company_name: "WESBANCO INC"
filed_at: "2023-07-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T05:11:53.681513+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wesbanco CEO Todd Clossin retires Aug 1; Jeff Jackson named new CEO and board member

## Summary
- Todd Clossin retires as President and CEO effective Aug 1, 2023, becomes Vice Chairman until Dec 31, 2023.
- Jeffrey H. Jackson appointed President and CEO effective Aug 1, 2023, and elected to Board of Directors.
- Jackson's employment agreement: 3-year revolving term, base salary >=$850k, eligible for incentive bonuses and restricted stock.
- Clossin's amended agreement: salary ~$500k/yr through Dec 31, 2023; retirement treatment for equity awards.
- Jackson joined Wesbanco in Aug 2022 as COO; previously Executive VP at First Horizon Bank.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-191367
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSBC
- cik: 0000203596
- company_name: WESBANCO INC
- filed_at: 2023-07-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/203596/000119312523191367/0001193125-23-191367-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/203596/000119312523191367/d539631d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-191367
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-191367.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-191367.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Todd F. Clossin retired as President and Chief Executive Officer at WESBANCO INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Todd F. Clossin will retire from his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective August 1, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/203596/000119312523191367/0001193125-23-191367-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey H. Jackson was elected as Director at WESBANCO INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Jackson also has been elected to the Company’s Board of Directors effective August 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/203596/000119312523191367/0001193125-23-191367-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey H. Jackson was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at WESBANCO INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Jeffrey H. Jackson, previously the Company’s Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed to serve as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer as of August 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/203596/000119312523191367/0001193125-23-191367-index.htm

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