---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001471265-24-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWBI"
cik: "0001471265"
company_name: "Northwest Bancshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T15:02:00.314294+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Northwest Bancshares appoints Doug Schosser CFO, effective March 18, 2024

## Summary
- Douglas M. Schosser named CFO, succeeding William W. Harvey who announced retirement last fall.
- Schosser will work alongside Harvey through 2024 for a smooth transition.
- Schosser most recently served as Chief Accounting Officer of KeyCorp since 2015.
- Employment agreement: base salary $600k, 24-month term, severance of 3x salary plus 3x highest bonus.
- Schosser to oversee treasury, financial planning, accounting, reporting, tax, and facilities.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001471265-24-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWBI
- cik: 0001471265
- company_name: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1471265/000147126524000011/0001471265-24-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1471265/000147126524000011/nwbi-20240226.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001471265-24-000011
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001471265-24-000011.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001471265-24-000011.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Douglas M. Schosser was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Northwest Bancshares, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On February 26, 2024, Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Northwest Bank, appointed Douglas M. Schosser Chief Financial Officer, effective March 18, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1471265/000147126524000011/0001471265-24-000011-index.htm

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