---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001471265-24-000122"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWBI"
cik: "0001471265"
company_name: "Northwest Bancshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T13:03:52.658861+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Northwest Bank appoints Joseph Canfield as Chief Accounting Officer

## Summary
- Joseph Canfield named CAO of Northwest Bank, replacing Jeffrey J. Maddigan who remains Corporate Treasurer.
- Appointment effective August 6, 2024; Canfield will also serve as Principal Accounting Officer.
- Canfield most recently SVP and Director of Accounting Operations at Huntington National Bank.
- He brings over 25 years experience; will oversee accounting operations, SOX program, external reporting, and AP.
- No reportable related-party transactions or family relationships with directors/officers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001471265-24-000122
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWBI
- cik: 0001471265
- company_name: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1471265/000147126524000122/0001471265-24-000122-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1471265/000147126524000122/nwbi-20240805.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001471265-24-000122
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001471265-24-000122.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001471265-24-000122.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph Canfield was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at Northwest Bancshares, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On August 5, 2024, Northwest Bank, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”), appointed Joseph Canfield as Chief Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1471265/000147126524000122/0001471265-24-000122-index.htm

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