---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001336706-26-000068"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NPB"
cik: "0001336706"
company_name: "NORTHPOINTE BANCSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2026-08-28T14:36:23+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-28T14:38:12.629660+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Northpointe appoints Joseph (JB) Long as COO and Chief Credit Officer, effective Sept 14, 2026

## Summary
- Joseph (JB) Long appointed EVP, COO and Chief Credit Officer; effective Sept 14, 2026.
- Long brings 30+ years in banking/mortgage; most recently Chief Banking & Capital Markets Officer at Cenlar FSB.
- Employment agreement: 3-year term, $333,000 base salary, target bonus 100% of base salary.
- Kevin Comps, current President, will remain President; transfers COO/CCO duties to Long.
- Severance includes 18-month payments (1x salary+bonus) and change-in-control 2x package.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001336706-26-000068
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NPB
- cik: 0001336706
- company_name: NORTHPOINTE BANCSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2026-08-28T14:36:23+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1336706/000133670626000068/0001336706-26-000068-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1336706/000133670626000068/npb-20260828.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001336706-26-000068
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001336706-26-000068.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001336706-26-000068.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph (JB) Long was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Credit Officer at NORTHPOINTE BANCSHARES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Credit Officer
  source text: On August 28, 2026, Northpointe Bancshares Inc. and Northpointe Bank (collectively, “Northpointe”) announced that Joseph (JB) Long will join Northpointe as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Credit Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1336706/000133670626000068/0001336706-26-000068-index.htm

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