---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001212545-22-000161"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WAL"
cik: "0001212545"
company_name: "WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION"
filed_at: "2022-12-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T07:17:15.094677+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Western Alliance appoints Kevin Blakely and Paul Galant to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Kevin M. Blakely and Paul Galant appointed effective Dec. 2, 2022; will stand for election at 2023 annual meeting.
- New directors bring risk management, technology, and payments expertise from large financial institutions.
- Appointments are part of a planned multi-year board succession and refreshment process.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001212545-22-000161
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WAL
- cik: 0001212545
- company_name: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION
- filed_at: 2022-12-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1212545/000121254522000161/0001212545-22-000161-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1212545/000121254522000161/wal-20221202.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001212545-22-000161
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001212545-22-000161.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001212545-22-000161.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kevin M. Blakley was appointed as director at WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On December 2, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Western Alliance Bancorporation (the “Company”) appointed Kevin M. Blakley and Paul Galant, as directors of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1212545/000121254522000161/0001212545-22-000161-index.htm
- Executive change
  Paul Galant was appointed as director at WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On December 2, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Western Alliance Bancorporation (the “Company”) appointed Kevin M. Blakley and Paul Galant, as directors of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1212545/000121254522000161/0001212545-22-000161-index.htm

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