---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001325878-23-000258"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001325878"
company_name: "Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka"
filed_at: "2023-12-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T19:15:35.310723+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FHLBank Topeka names CFO Jeffrey B. Kuzbel as President & CEO effective Jan 1, 2024

## Summary
- Jeffrey B. Kuzbel, currently EVP and CFO, will succeed Mark E. Yardley as President and CEO on Jan 1, 2024.
- Yardley announced retirement June 23, 2023; will remain as non-executive Senior Advisor until Feb 1, 2024.
- Kuzbel's annual base salary set at $850,000; eligible for incentive awards with total base opportunity at 80% of salary.
- Board chair G. Bridger Cox cited Kuzbel's extensive financial services experience including Capital One and Freddie Mac.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001325878-23-000258
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001325878
- company_name: Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka
- filed_at: 2023-12-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1325878/000132587823000258/0001325878-23-000258-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1325878/000132587823000258/fhlbt-20231201.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001325878-23-000258.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark E. Yardley retired as President and Chief Executive Officer at Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mark E. Yardley, who has served as FHLBank’s President and CEO since January 2017, and notified the Board of Directors on June 23, 2023 of his plan to retire from FHLBank.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1325878/000132587823000258/0001325878-23-000258-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey B. Kuzbel was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On December 1, 2023, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka ("FHLBank") announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Jeffrey B. Kuzbel as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective January 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1325878/000132587823000258/0001325878-23-000258-index.htm

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