---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-123860"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CIVB"
cik: "0000944745"
company_name: "CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T05:17:44.128431+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Civista Bancshares names Ian Whinnem as CFO effective June 3, 2024

## Summary
- Whinnem joins as SVP and CFO, reporting to CEO Dennis Shaffer; member of Executive Leadership Team.
- He brings over 25 years of banking finance experience, most recently SVP at Huntington Bancshares.
- Civista is a $3.9B financial holding company operating 43 locations across Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-123860
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CIVB
- cik: 0000944745
- company_name: CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524123860/0001193125-24-123860-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524123860/d831798d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-123860
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-123860.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-123860.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ian Whinnem was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC..
  - Action: joining
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Civista Bancshares, Inc. (“Civista”) announced today that Ian Whinnem will be joining Civista as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective June 3, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524123860/0001193125-24-123860-index.htm

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