---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001471265-23-000095"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWBI"
cik: "0001471265"
company_name: "Northwest Bancshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T05:44:57.972277+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Northwest Bancshares announces departure of Senior EVP Mark T. Reitzes; $1.6M severance

## Summary
- Mark T. Reitzes, Senior Executive Vice President of Commercial Banking, departing effective June 9, 2023.
- Reitzes to receive approximately $1.6 million under his Employment Agreement dated April 7, 2020.
- No successor or interim replacement has been announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001471265-23-000095
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWBI
- cik: 0001471265
- company_name: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1471265/000147126523000095/0001471265-23-000095-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1471265/000147126523000095/nwbi-20230606.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark T. Reitzes departed as Senior Executive Vice President, Commercial Banking at Northwest Bancshares, Inc..
  - Action: departure
  - Role: Senior Executive Vice President, Commercial Banking
  source text: On June 6, 2023, Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the departure of Mark T. Reitzes, Senior Executive Vice President, Commercial Banking, effective June 9, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1471265/000147126523000095/0001471265-23-000095-index.htm

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