---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-043941"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSFS"
cik: "0000828944"
company_name: "WSFS FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T09:54:28.136073+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WSFS names James Wechsler as EVP, Chief Commercial Banking Officer effective Jan 1, 2025

## Summary
- Stephen P. Clark steps down as CCBO on Dec 31, 2024, will remain as Senior Advisor.
- Wechsler has been with WSFS since 2010, most recently COO of Commercial Banking.
- Wechsler will report to COO Art Bacci and oversee C&I Banking, CRE, Treasury, Capital Markets, Equipment Finance.
- Clark served 45 years in banking, 22 at WSFS; transition part of succession planning.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-043941
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSFS
- cik: 0000828944
- company_name: WSFS FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/828944/000162828024043941/0001628280-24-043941-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/828944/000162828024043941/wsfs-20241024.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-043941
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-043941.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-043941.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen P. Clark changed role as Senior Advisor at WSFS FINANCIAL CORP.
  - Action: stepping down
  - Role: Senior Advisor
  source text: The appointment follows Stephen P. Clark notifying the Company on October 24, 2024 that he is stepping down from the position of CCBO, effective December 31, 2024. The Company expects that Mr. Clark will continue to serve as a Senior Advisor to the Company following the transition.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/828944/000162828024043941/0001628280-24-043941-index.htm
- Executive change
  James J. Wechsler was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Banking Officer at WSFS FINANCIAL CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Banking Officer
  source text: On October 28, 2024, WSFS Financial Corporation (the “Company”) announced the appointment of James J. Wechsler to the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Banking Officer (“CCBO”) of the Company and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, effective January 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/828944/000162828024043941/0001628280-24-043941-index.htm

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