---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-013786"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HBT"
cik: "0000775215"
company_name: "HBT Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-08-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T22:56:49.877551+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HBT Financial names Peter Chapman as CFO; Matt Doherty to retire as CFO Dec 31

## Summary
- Matt Doherty steps down as CFO of HBT and Heartland Bank effective Dec 31, 2022; remains Treasurer.
- Peter Chapman joins as EVP on Oct 1, 2022, and assumes CFO role on Jan 1, 2023.
- Chapman's employment: base salary $320k, target bonus 40%, LTI 40% of base, RSU grant value $375k.
- Chapman was previously CFO of Great Western Bancorp ($13B assets) until its Feb 2022 merger.
- Doherty transition: base salary $200k from Jan 1, 2023; eligible for discretionary bonuses/LTI.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-013786
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HBT
- cik: 0000775215
- company_name: HBT Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-08-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/775215/000155837022013786/0001558370-22-013786-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/775215/000155837022013786/hbt-20220812x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter Chapman was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at HBT Financial, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Beginning on January 1, 2023, Mr. Chapman will move into the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/775215/000155837022013786/0001558370-22-013786-index.htm

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