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accession: "0001601712-25-000253"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SYF"
cik: "0001601712"
company_name: "Synchrony Financial"
filed_at: "2025-09-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T05:24:19.445442+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
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# Synchrony appoints former CEO Deborah Ellinger to Board, effective Oct 1, 2025

## Summary
- Elected to Board; will serve on Risk and Technology Committees.
- Annual compensation: $320k ($100k cash + $220k RSUs) plus $35k committee cash.
- Ellinger is former CEO of Ideal Image, Princeton Review, Restoration Hardware, Wellness Pet Food.
- Currently senior advisor at BCG; also serves on Chewy board.
- Board expands to 12 members.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001601712-25-000253
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SYF
- cik: 0001601712
- company_name: Synchrony Financial
- filed_at: 2025-09-29T23:59:59+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/1601712/000160171225000253/0001601712-25-000253-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601712/000160171225000253/syf-20250926.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001601712-25-000253
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001601712-25-000253.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001601712-25-000253.txt

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