secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC. (CIVB)
CIK:        0000944745
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-23-272412
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Civista Bancshares CCO Paul J. Stark to retire Dec 31; Michael Mulford named successor
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- Paul J. Stark will retire as SVP and Chief Credit Officer effective December 31, 2023, after 13 years at Civista.
- Michael D. Mulford joined on November 6, 2023 as SVP and will assume the Chief Credit Officer role upon Stark's retirement.
- Mulford brings 33 years of credit experience, previously serving as EVP/CCO at First Federal Bank of the Midwest ($3.5B assets).
- He later held the role of EVP, Chief Credit Administration Officer at Premier Bank ($7B assets) after a merger.
- CEO Dennis Shaffer praised Stark's contributions and expressed confidence in Mulford's expertise for continued growth.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312523272412/0001193125-23-272412-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312523272412/d932378d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-272412

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