---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-021843"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PDLB"
cik: "0001874071"
company_name: "Ponce Financial Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T06:01:21.334372+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ponce Financial appoints Sergio Vaccaro as CFO; Frank Perez becomes CIRO effective June 1, 2022

## Summary
- Frank Perez steps down as CFO to become EVP and Chief Investor Relations Officer.
- Sergio Vaccaro appointed EVP and CFO; previously CFO of HSBC's Private Bank Americas.
- Vaccaro eligible for ~16,667 restricted shares and 33,333 options subject to plan approval.
- Perez's employment agreement amended; he remains with the company and bank.
- Executive Chairman notes strengthened leadership team with recent COO addition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-021843
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PDLB
- cik: 0001874071
- company_name: Ponce Financial Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874071/000156459022021843/0001564590-22-021843-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874071/000156459022021843/pdlb-8k_20220531.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-021843
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-021843.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Frank Perez was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Investor Relations Officer at Ponce Financial Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Investor Relations Officer
  source text: Effective June 1, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), Frank Perez will assume the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Investor Relations Officer of the Company and the Bank and will step down as Chief Financial Officer of Ponce Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiary Ponce Bank (the “Bank”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874071/000156459022021843/0001564590-22-021843-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sergio Vaccaro was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Ponce Financial Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective as of the Effective Date, Sergio Vaccaro, age 46, will assume 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/1874071/000156459022021843/0001564590-22-021843-index.htm

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