---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001488813-25-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CUBI"
cik: "0001488813"
company_name: "Customers Bancorp, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-06-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T02:42:11.195946+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Customers Bancorp appoints Mark McCollom as CFO; Watkins moves to Corporate Development

## Summary
- Mark McCollom appointed EVP & CFO of Customers Bank (June 2) and will become Company CFO on or around August 15, 2025.
- Philip Watkins, current CFO, transitions to EVP Head of Corporate Development and IR effective August 15, 2025.
- McCollom receives $500k base salary, 70% STI target, 100% LTI target for 2025, all performance-based.
- McCollom brings 35+ years experience, most recently CFO of Fulton Financial Corp ($30B assets) from 2017-2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001488813-25-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CUBI
- cik: 0001488813
- company_name: Customers Bancorp, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-06-02T23:59:59+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/1488813/000148881325000050/0001488813-25-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1488813/000148881325000050/cubi-20250528.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001488813-25-000050.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Philip Watkins changed role as Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Development and Investor Relations at Customers Bancorp, Inc..
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Development and Investor Relations
  source text: Mr. Philip Watkins, currently Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, will transition to Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Development and Investor Relations, on or around August 15, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1488813/000148881325000050/0001488813-25-000050-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark McCollom was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Customers Bancorp, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mark McCollom has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Customers Bank, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, effective June 2, 2025, and will assume the role of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company from Mr. Watkins effective on or around August 15, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1488813/000148881325000050/0001488813-25-000050-index.htm

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