---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-004085"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RBB"
cik: "0001499422"
company_name: "RBB Bancorp"
filed_at: "2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T06:06:09.286037+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RBB CEO Alan Thian on leave pending internal investigation; CFO named interim CEO

## Summary
- CEO Alan Thian takes leave effective 2/22/22 pending internal investigation by special board committee.
- CFO David Morris appointed Interim President and CEO while retaining CFO role.
- No reason for investigation disclosed; board special committee formed.
- As of Dec 31, 2021, RBB had total assets of $4.2B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-004085
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RBB
- cik: 0001499422
- company_name: RBB Bancorp
- filed_at: 2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1499422/000143774922004085/0001437749-22-004085-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1499422/000143774922004085/rbb20220221_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-004085
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-004085.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-004085.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Morris was appointed as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer at RBB Bancorp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: The RBB Board of Directors has appointed David Morris, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1499422/000143774922004085/0001437749-22-004085-index.htm
- Executive change
  Alan Thian changed role as President and Chief Executive Officer at RBB Bancorp.
  - Action: took a leave of absence
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: President and Chief Executive Officer Alan Thian will take a leave of absence, effective immediately, pending an internal investigation being conducted by a special committee of the RBB Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1499422/000143774922004085/0001437749-22-004085-index.htm

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