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Issuer:     Finward Bancorp (FNWD)
CIK:        0000919864
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-01-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-23-000661
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Finward Bancorp Chief Risk Officer/General Counsel Cerven to retire May 2023; Klemm named interim
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- Leane E. Cerven will retire as EVP, CRO, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary effective May 5, 2023.
- Retirement is not related to any disagreement with the Bancorp regarding financial or accounting matters.
- Lynette M. Klemm, current Director of Audit, appointed Interim Chief Risk Officer pending a permanent replacement.
- Bridget Stout, Senior Auditor, will serve as Interim Director of Audit.
- Ms. Klemm brings 34 years of internal audit experience and holds multiple industry certifications.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000143774923000661/0001437749-23-000661-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000143774923000661/fnwd20230106_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-000661

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