---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-266157"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EBC"
cik: "0001810546"
company_name: "Eastern Bankshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T06:10:32.394843+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eastern Bankshares appoints Marisa Harney and Linda Williams to board; adds audit, risk committee roles

## Summary
- Marisa Harney (former EVP & Chief Credit Officer of First Citizens/CIT) and Linda Williams (Chief Risk & Audit Officer of BCBSMA) appointed to board effective Oct 26, 2023.
- Both also appointed to Audit and Risk Management Committees effective Jan 1, 2024, and to Eastern Bank board.
- Appointments are part of director succession planning for retirements expected at year-end 2024.
- Four Cambridge Bancorp directors, including CEO Denis Sheahan, expected to join board post-merger, as previously announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-266157
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EBC
- cik: 0001810546
- company_name: Eastern Bankshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810546/000119312523266157/0001193125-23-266157-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810546/000119312523266157/d561227d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-266157
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-266157.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-266157.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Marisa J. Harney was appointed as Director at Eastern Bankshares, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 26, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Eastern Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Marisa J. Harney and Linda M. Williams as directors of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810546/000119312523266157/0001193125-23-266157-index.htm
- Executive change
  Linda M. Williams was appointed as Director at Eastern Bankshares, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 26, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Eastern Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Marisa J. Harney and Linda M. Williams as directors of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810546/000119312523266157/0001193125-23-266157-index.htm

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