---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001587987-24-000225"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NEWT"
cik: "0001587987"
company_name: "NewtekOne, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T07:26:14.186480+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NewtekOne adds independent director CJ Brunet to board; expands to eight members

## Summary
- Board increased from 7 to 8 directors; Craig 'CJ' Brunet elected as Class III director until 2026.
- Brunet has 50+ years in IT and financial services; previously served as EVP, CIO, CTO, and CISO of NewtekOne.
- He will chair a new Technology Steering Committee and serve on Compensation, Governance and Nominating committees.
- Brunet also appointed to the board of Newtek Bank N.A.; he is an independent director per Nasdaq standards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001587987-24-000225
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NEWT
- cik: 0001587987
- company_name: NewtekOne, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1587987/000158798724000225/0001587987-24-000225-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1587987/000158798724000225/newt-20241031.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001587987-24-000225.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Craig "CJ" Brunet was elected as Director at NewtekOne, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of NewtekOne, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the number of directors constituting the entire Board from seven to eight, and elected Craig “CJ” Brunet to serve as a Class III director of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1587987/000158798724000225/0001587987-24-000225-index.htm

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