---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001206774-21-002468"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNOB"
cik: "0000712771"
company_name: "ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-09-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T05:55:34.230157+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ConnectOne Bancorp Chief Credit Officer Michael McGrover retires; Joseph Javitz named successor

## Summary
- Michael McGrover, First SVP & Chief Credit Officer, retired Aug 31, 2021.
- McGrover will remain as a consultant through year-end to aid transition.
- Joseph Javitz, a 38-year banking veteran, named as successor Chief Credit Officer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001206774-21-002468
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNOB
- cik: 0000712771
- company_name: ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-09-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000120677421002468/0001206774-21-002468-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000120677421002468/cnob3953031-8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-21-002468
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-21-002468.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph Javitz was appointed as Chief Credit Officer at ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc..
  - Action: named as successor
  - Role: Chief Credit Officer
  source text: Mr. McGrover will serve as a consultant through the end of the year to aid in the transition to his successor, Mr. Joseph Javitz.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000120677421002468/0001206774-21-002468-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael McGrover retired as First Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer at ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: First Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer
  source text: Effective August 31, 2021, Michael McGrover, the Registrant’s Fist Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, retired as an employee of ConnectOne Bank, the Registrant’s wholly owned insured depository subsidiary.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712771/000120677421002468/0001206774-21-002468-index.htm

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