---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-001057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MYFW"
cik: "0001327607"
company_name: "First Western Financial Inc"
filed_at: "2022-02-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T08:41:53.560921+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Western appoints CFO Julie A. Courkamp as Chief Operating Officer

## Summary
- Appointment effective immediately on February 10, 2022.
- Courkamp retains her roles as CFO and Treasurer of First Western.
- She has been with the company since 2006 and CFO since 2013; board member since 2021.
- As COO, she oversees bank, mortgage, trust, investment management, and support departments.
- The COO position is newly created; Courkamp will leverage institutional knowledge to drive growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-001057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MYFW
- cik: 0001327607
- company_name: First Western Financial Inc
- filed_at: 2022-02-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327607/000155837022001057/0001558370-22-001057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327607/000155837022001057/myfw-20220210x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-001057
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-001057.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-001057.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Julie A. Courkamp was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at First Western Financial Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: the appointment of Julie A. Courkamp, age 42, to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327607/000155837022001057/0001558370-22-001057-index.htm

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