---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-015465"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMBC"
cik: "0000916907"
company_name: "SOUTHERN MISSOURI BANCORP, INC."
filed_at: "2023-09-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T23:43:01.366209+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Southern Missouri Bancorp hires Stefan Chkautovich as CFO effective Sept 18, 2023

## Summary
- Stefan Chkautovich, 38, appointed EVP, CFO and Principal Accounting Officer effective Sept 18, 2023.
- Chkautovich most recently served as CFO of Midwest Regional Bank (approx. $1.0B assets) since March 2022.
- Base salary set at $250,000; participates in all employee benefit plans.
- Matthew T. Funke, who had been interim CFO, continues as President, Chief Administrative Officer and Principal Financial Officer.
- No family relationships or related party transactions between Chkautovich and the Company or its directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-015465
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMBC
- cik: 0000916907
- company_name: SOUTHERN MISSOURI BANCORP, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-09-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916907/000155837023015465/0001558370-23-015465-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916907/000155837023015465/smbc-20230831x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stefan Chkautovich was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer at SOUTHERN MISSOURI BANCORP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: On August 31, 2023, Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), the holding company for Southern Bank (the “Bank”), hired Stefan Chkautovich to serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, effective September 18, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916907/000155837023015465/0001558370-23-015465-index.htm

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