---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-010479"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PFS"
cik: "0001178970"
company_name: "PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2023-04-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T06:18:45.292891+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Provident Financial appoints Adriano Duarte as CAO; Frank Muzio retires after 13 years

## Summary
- Frank S. Muzio retired as EVP & Chief Accounting Officer effective April 3, 2023.
- Adriano Duarte, formerly SVP and Controller, named EVP & Chief Accounting Officer.
- Duarte will report to CFO Thomas M. Lyons and continue as Investor Relations Officer.
- Duarte joined Provident via the SB One Bancorp acquisition in August 2020.
- Duarte has over 20 years of banking experience and is a licensed CPA.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-010479
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PFS
- cik: 0001178970
- company_name: PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2023-04-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000162828023010479/0001628280-23-010479-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000162828023010479/pfs-20230403.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-010479.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Adriano Duarte was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Effective April 3, 2023, Adriano Duarte CPA, currently Senior Vice President and Controller of the Company, was appointed to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000162828023010479/0001628280-23-010479-index.htm
- Executive change
  Frank S. Muzio retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On April 3, 2023, Frank S. Muzio who served as Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Provident Bank, the wholly owned subsidiary of Provident Financial Services, Inc. (together the “Company"), retired from the Company after almost 13 years of service.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000162828023010479/0001628280-23-010479-index.htm

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