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Issuer:     WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION (WAL)
CIK:        0001212545
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-12-11T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001212545-24-000317
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CEO Kenneth Vecchione to take medical leave; CFO Dale Gibbons named interim CEO effective Dec 16
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- CEO Vecchione will undergo bypass surgery; leave begins Dec 16, expected return late Q1 2025.
- Dale Gibbons, Vice Chair and CFO, appointed interim CEO in addition to his existing CFO duties.
- Executive Committee includes Gibbons, Chief Banking Officers Tim Bruckner and Steve Curley.
- Chairman Bruce Beach says emergency succession plan has prepared the company for this situation.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1212545/000121254524000317/0001212545-24-000317-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1212545/000121254524000317/wal-20241210.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001212545-24-000317

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