---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-013167"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PDLB"
cik: "0001874071"
company_name: "Ponce Financial Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-04-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T11:08:40.467614+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ponce Financial appoints Luis Gonzalez Jr. as EVP/COO effective April 1, 2022

## Summary
- Luis Gonzalez, Jr., age 39, named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
- Previously held senior roles at OCC including Acting Assistant Deputy Comptroller.
- No employment agreement or family relationship with directors/executives disclosed.
- Eligible for restricted stock or option grants under the 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-013167
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PDLB
- cik: 0001874071
- company_name: Ponce Financial Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-04-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874071/000156459022013167/0001564590-22-013167-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874071/000156459022013167/pdlb-8k_20220331.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Luis Gonzalez, Jr. was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Ponce Financial Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On March 31, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Ponce Financial Group, Inc., as the successor by merger with PDL Community Bancorp, Inc., (the “Company”) and the Board of Directors of its subsidiary Ponce Bank (the “Bank”), appointed Mr. Luis Gonzalez, Jr., age 39, as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and the Bank, effective April 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874071/000156459022013167/0001564590-22-013167-index.htm

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