---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-179656"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CIVB"
cik: "0000944745"
company_name: "CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-07-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T20:38:33.906645+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Civista Bancshares Controller Todd Michel retires after 39 years; search begins

## Summary
- Todd Michel, SVP and Controller, retired effective July 16, 2024, after a 39-year career at Civista.
- CFO Ian Whinnem will serve as interim Principal Accounting Officer while a permanent replacement is sought.
- Michel joined Civista in 1985 as a seasonal teller and was promoted to Controller in 1998.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-179656
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CIVB
- cik: 0000944745
- company_name: CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-07-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524179656/0001193125-24-179656-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524179656/d869299d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-179656
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-179656.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-179656.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Todd Michel retired as Senior Vice President and Controller at CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Controller
  source text: Civista Bancshares, Inc. (“Civista”) announced today that Senior Vice President and Controller Todd Michel is retiring from the Company effective July 16, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524179656/0001193125-24-179656-index.htm

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