---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001214659-22-003043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VLY"
cik: "0000714310"
company_name: "VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP"
filed_at: "2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T06:21:34.102359+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# COO Robert J. Bardusch to leave Valley National Bancorp effective April 1, 2022

## Summary
- Robert J. Bardusch, Senior Executive VP and COO, will depart the company and Valley National Bank.
- Departure effective April 1, 2022.
- No replacement or interim COO named in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001214659-22-003043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VLY
- cik: 0000714310
- company_name: VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
- filed_at: 2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714310/000121465922003043/0001214659-22-003043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714310/000121465922003043/g2182238k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214659-22-003043
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214659-22-003043.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214659-22-003043.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert J. Bardusch departed as Chief Operating Officer at VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP.
  - Action: will leave
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On February 17, 2022, Valley National Bancorp (the “Company”) announced that Robert J. Bardusch, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, will leave the Company and Valley National Bank effective April 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714310/000121465922003043/0001214659-22-003043-index.htm

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