---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001212545-24-000219"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WAL"
cik: "0001212545"
company_name: "WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION"
filed_at: "2024-07-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T14:57:40.189690+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Western Alliance announces leadership transitions; CAO Ardrey to retire in March 2025

## Summary
- Randall Theisen retiring as head of Corporate Affairs; Timothy Boothe becomes Chief Administration Officer, adding oversight of Corporate Affairs and Information Security.
- Steve Curley remains Chief Banking Officer – National Business Lines, adding oversight of Technology, Operations, and Business Controls.
- Chief Accounting Officer J. Kelly Ardrey, Jr. notified intention to retire effective March 3, 2025.
- No new or changed material plans, contracts, or compensation arrangements result from these organizational updates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001212545-24-000219
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WAL
- cik: 0001212545
- company_name: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION
- filed_at: 2024-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1212545/000121254524000219/0001212545-24-000219-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1212545/000121254524000219/wal-20240729.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001212545-24-000219
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001212545-24-000219.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001212545-24-000219.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Randall Theisen departed as Head of Corporate Affairs at WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Head of Corporate Affairs
  source text: the retirement of Randall Theisen from the head of the Company’s Corporate Affairs.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1212545/000121254524000219/0001212545-24-000219-index.htm
- Executive change
  Timothy Boothe changed role as Chief Administration Officer at WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION.
  - Action: transitioning
  - Role: Chief Administration Officer
  source text: Timothy Boothe, the Company’s current Chief Operating Officer is transitioning to the title of Chief Administration Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1212545/000121254524000219/0001212545-24-000219-index.htm
- Executive change
  J. Kelly Ardrey, Jr. departed as Chief Accounting Officer at WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: J. Kelly Ardrey, Jr., the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, notified the Company of his intention to retire from the Company, effective March 3, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1212545/000121254524000219/0001212545-24-000219-index.htm

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